LISBON (dpa-AFX) - Portugal industrial production declined further in June, while retail sales growth rose, figures from Statistics Portugal showed on Tuesday.
Industrial production declined 5.8 percent annually in June, following a 0.4 percent fall in May.
Manufacturing industry dropped a 3.7 percent annually in June, after a 0.1 percent rise in the prior month.
On a month-on-month basis, industrial production fell 4.5 percent in June, following a 0.4 fall in the previous month.
Separate data from Statistics Portugal showed that the retail sales rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in June, following a 4.3 percent in May.
On a monthly basis, retail sales fell 0.9 percent in June, reversing a 1.3 percent in the prior month.
Another data from Statistics Portugal showed that the jobless rate remained steady at 6.6 percent in May.
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