BRUSSELS (AFX) - Euro zone industrial producer prices fell 0.4 pct in December from November and were up 5.4 pct year-on-year against 6.3 pct the previous month, the EU statistics office Eurostat said.
In the EU, the December PPI fell 0.3 pct from November and was up 4.7 pct year-on-year, against 5.5 the previous month, it said.
In the euro zone, among PPI components, intermediate goods fell 1.4 pct in December from November, and were up 9.7 pct year-on-year.
Capital goods rose 0.1 pct from November and were up 0.9 pct year-on-year, durable consumer goods were unchanged in December from November and were up 1.5 pct year-on-year, while non-durable consumer goods rose 0.3 pct in the month and 2.6 pct from a year earlier.