ROME (AFX) - Preliminary consumer prices according to the NIC index, including tobacco prices, were up 0.1 pct in July from June and were up 2.9 pct from a year earlier, statistics bureau ISTAT said. In June, NIC CPI, including tobacco, was up 0.3 pct from May and was up 3.0 pct from a year earlier. Preliminary consumer prices according to Italy's EU harmonised index of consumer were up 0.1 pct in July from June and were up 2.8 pct from a year earlier. In June, they were up 0.3 pct from May and up 2.9 pct from a year earlier.