India's wholesale inflation stood at 9.68% in May under a new series, while food and fuel prices stayed at elevated levels amid the continuing Middle East tensions due to the US-Iran war that inflated global crude prices and strained supply chains. India's wholesale inflation had accelerated to a 42-month high of 8.26% in April under the old series. A Reuters poll of economists had forecast a 9.05% annual increase in wholesale prices for May. India's wholesale food prices stood at 4.49% in May while fuel and power prices surged 30.33% in May.