PARIS (AFX) - French provisional consumer prices index for February reported by statistics office Insee:

Month-on-month +0.1 pct vs -0.4 pct in January
Year-on-year +1.4 pct vs +1.2 pct in January
Since start of year -0.1 pct

CPI excluding energy +0.2 pct month-on-month
CPI excluding tobacco +0.2 pct month-on-month

Food and tobacco +0.5 pct month-on-month
Manufactured goods +0.3 pct month-on-month
Services +0.1 pct month-on-month

Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) calculated to allow comparison with other EU members
Month-on-month +0.3 pct
Year-on-year +1.4 pct