Thursday, December 8, 2016

Malaysia Oct factory output up 4.2 pct y/y, beats forecast

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Oct industrial

production rose by a stronger-than-expected 4.2

percent from a year earlier, driven by growth in the

electricity, manufacturing and mining sectors, government data

showed on Friday.

That compared with 3.1 percent growth in September, and was

above the 3.3 percent rise forecast by economists in a Reuters

poll.

Electricity output showed the strongest growth among all

sectors at 6.9 percent, data from the Statistics Department

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