Retail inflation nudges up to 5.40 pct in June

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's consumer price inflation edged up to 5.40 percent in June, government data showed on Monday.

The data compared with a 5.10 percent annual rise predicted by analysts in a Reuters poll and 5.01 percent print in May.

Retail food inflation rose to 5.48 percent last month from 4.80 percent in May.

(Reporting by Aditya Kalra; Editing by Malini Menon)