(ANSA) - Rome, August 5 - Italian industrial production
dropped 1.1% in June with respect to May and 0.3% compared to
the same month in 2014, Istat said on Wednesday. But the
national statistics agency added that production for the first
six months of 2015 as a whole was up 0.4% on the same period
last year. The drop in June followed May's big increases of 0.9%
on the previous month and 3.1% on the same time last year and
was in part attributable to many people taking an extra day off
before the June 2 bank holiday.
June industrial production drops
Output increased 0.4% with respect to 1st 6 months of 2014