Malaysia's June industrial production up 6.5%, below forecast
FILE PHOTO: Workers collect rubber gloves at Top Glove's factory in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)/File Photo
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 : Malaysia's industrial production index in June rose 6.5 per cent from a year earlier, below expectations, government data showed on Tuesday.
June's factory output had been forecast to expand 7 per cent, according to 11 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.
May's reading was revised slightly upwards to 8.5 per cent from an originally reported 8.4 per cent, the data showed.
Source: Reuters
