Greek industrial output rises 4.9% y/y in November

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Greek industrial output rose by 4.9% year-on-year in November, after a revised 2.5% drop in October, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.

A breakdown of index components showed manufacturing production rose 0.5% from the same month in 2023. Electricity output was up by 26.1% year-on-year, and mining production was down by 6.7%.

Compared to the same month a year earlier, in November the greatest percentage increase was recorded in mining of coal and lignite, while the highest percentage decrease was recorded in motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, ELSTAT said.

(Reporting by Athina Karolidou and Antonis Pothitos in Gdansk)

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