It is expected to slow further to 5.38% in April, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll of 11 economists.

WSJ: India Consumer Inflation Slows

The result was better than the average 22.84 billion rupees estimate in a Dow Jones Newswires poll of 14 analysts.

WSJ: Infosys Shares Plunge on Weak Results

The February output reading is better than the median forecast of a 1.0% decline in a Dow Jones Newswires poll of 16 economists.

WSJ: India Industrial Output Rises

Businesses' spending on durable goods rose 5.7% in February, the Commerce Department reported, topping the 4% median increase forecast by economists in a Dow Jones Newswires poll.

WSJ: U.S. Stocks Bounce Back

The number of workers filing applications for jobless benefits rose to 365, 000 last week, a smaller increase than economists had expected, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll.

WSJ: Stocks Post Fourth-Straight Drop

Asian fund managers shifted their weighting of global equities to "slightly underweight" in May, from "neutral" in April, as concerns over Europe grow, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll published June 1.

WSJ: U.S. Data Dog Asia Markets