Core wholesale price inflation seen at 2.6 percent in October

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's core wholesale price index was estimated to have risen 2.6 percent in October from a year earlier, accelerating from an estimated 2.1 percent rise in September, according to a Reuters snap survey of three analysts and traders on Thursday.

Headline wholesale price index accelerated to an 8-month high of 7.0 percent in October, compared with a 6.90 percent rise estimated by analysts in a Reuters poll.

(Reporting by Mumbai markets team; Editing by Sunil Nair)