MADRID (AFX) - Producer prices fell 0.2 pct in December from November, but were up 5.0 pct from a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said.
INE said energy prices declined 3.1 pct month-on-month, but rose 16.9 pct year-on-year. Refining prices were down 6.7 pct in December from November, but climbed 40.2 pct from a year earlier.
Chemical and mineral prices fell 0.1 pct in December from November, but rose 6.2 pct from a year earlier, while metallurgy and precision tool prices fell 0.1 pct month-on-month, but were up 1.7 pct year-on-year.
Other manufacturing goods prices climbed 0.5 pct in December from November and 3.2 pct from a year earlier, while consumer goods prices were up 0.5 pct month-on-month and 1.9 pct year-on-year.
Capital goods prices were also unchanged month-on-month, but rose 2.1 pct year-on-year, while intermediary goods prices fell 0.8 pct in December from November, but climbed 8.7 pct from a year earlier.