Factory production fell 6.3% month on month in October. Analysts had predicted a 4.5% rise in annual terms in October and for output to drop 1.1% month on month.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's manufacturing output rose 1.0% year on year in October after rising by 2.9% in September, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.
Factory production fell 6.3% month on month in October. Analysts had predicted a 4.5% rise in annual terms in October and for output to drop 1.1% month on month.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)
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