PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - Consumer prices in France rose 3.2% year-on-year in February, slightly more than initially expected due to higher energy prices, statistics agency INSEE said on Friday.
Preliminary data published by INSEE last month had shown France's EU-harmonized inflation figure standing at 3.1% in February.
On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.9% in February, having fallen 0.2% in January.
"This rebound is explained in particular by the sharp acceleration in energy prices," INSEE said in a statement.
Energy prices rose by 4.3% on the year in February, accelerating from a rise of 1.9% in January, due largely to higher electricity prices.
Food prices rose by 3.6% in February, a slower increase than the 5.7% increase recorded for January, INSEE said, adding that this was the 11th month in a row that food inflation had eased.
In February services prices rose by 3.2%, the same as in the pervious month.
(Reporting by Olivier Sorgho, Editing by Sharon Singleton and Gareth Jones)
