BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Seasonally adjusted industrial output rose by 0.1 percent in both the eurozone and the 28-nation European Union (EU) in October, the EU statistical office Eurostat said Friday.
On a year-on-year basis, industrial production increased by 0.7 percent in the eurozone and by 0.8 percent in the EU, said the Eurostat.
In the eurozone, production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 1.8 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.9 percent and intermediate goods by 0.3 percent, while capital goods and energy fell by 0.2 percent and by 1.9 percent respectively.
The EU presented similar picture in the industrial sector with production of non-durable consumer goods rising by 1.5 percent, durable consumer goods by 0.6 percent and intermediate goods by 0.2 percent. But capital goods fell by 0.2 percent and energy by 1.0 percent in the 28-nation bloc.
The highest increase in industrial production were registered in Ireland with a rise of 9.0 percent, followed by Lithuania with 5.0 percent, Greece with 2.5 percent and Slovenia with 2.4 percent.
