6 November 2001, 14:26  Euro zone Sept PPI up 0.1 pct from Aug, up 0.7 pct yr-on-yr

BRUSSELS (AFX) - Euro zone industrial producer prices index rose 0.1 pct in September from August, giving a 0.7 pct year-on-year rise, said the EU's Eurostat statistical office. In the whole of the EU, producer prices also rose by 0.1 pct on a monthly basis and by 0.7 pct from a year earlier, Eurostat said. September euro zone monthly falls included intermediate goods, down 0.1 pct, while capital goods and durable consumer goods remained stable. Non-durable consumer goods fell by 0.1 pct, it said. On an annual basis, intermediate goods prices were up 5.7 pct, capital goods 1.0, durable consumer goods 2.1, and non-durable consumer goods 3.8 pct, it said. In the EU-15, intermediate goods fell 0.1 pct, while capital goods, durable consumer goods and non-durable consumer goods remained stable, it said. Annually, capital goods prices in the euro zone were up 1.1 pct, durable consumer goods up 1.9 pct and non-durable consumer goods up 2.9 pct. Among member states, the sharpest monthly rises were, Portugal, up 0.2 pct, and the UK, up 0.2 pct while Finland was down 0.8 pct and Sweden down 0.5 pct, it said. Largest annual rises were Luxembourg up 3.3 pct, Sweden 4.6 pct and Germnay up 1.9 pct.

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