Macao's Composite CPI (consumer price index) for June 2010 reached 104.39, an increase of 2.68 percent over the same period of last year, according to the figures released on Wednesday by the city's Statistics and Census Service.

The price indices of miscellaneous goods and services, transport, clothing and footwear, food and non-alcoholic beverages rose in June by 5.94 percent, 5.62 percent, 5.36 percent and 4.49 percent year-on-year respectively, the figures indicated.

Meanwhile, the price index of education dropped 9.81 percent year-on-year and that of communication decreased by 3.48 percent.

The Composite CPI for the second quarter of 2010 increased by 2. 67 percent over the same quarter of 2009, with marked increase in the price indices of transport, miscellaneous goods and services and clothing and footwear.

In addition, the average Composite CPI for the first half of 2010 increased by 2.09 percent year-on-year.