RABAT- Morocco’s consumer price inflation was 1.5% year-on-year in March, up from 1.1% in February, the high commission for planning said on Wednesday.

Food prices rose 2.8% and non-food prices 0.7%.

On a month-on-month basis, the index rose 0.4%.

(Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; editing by John Stonestreet) ((ahmed.eljechtimi@thomsonreuters.com;))