18 August 2010, 15:55  Eurozone:June, Construction output +2.7%m/m

Eurozone seasonally adjusted construction output rose 2.7% month-on-month in June following a revisd 0.7% decline in May, data released by Eurostat showed Wednesday. On an annual basis, construction output grew 3.1% compared to a revised 6.2% fall in the previous month. Building construction gained 3.3% month-on-month after a 0.3% decline in May. Civil engineering increased by 1.2% following a 2.9% decline. In the EU27, construction production rose 3.5% on a monthly basis, taking the annual growth to 3.1%. Among the member states for which data were available, construction output rose in eight and fell in six. The highest increases were registered in Romania, Spain and Poland. At the same time, Hungary, the Netherlands and Slovenia marked the largest decreases.

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