Industrial production contracted a working-day-adjusted 2.6% year-on-year in November, reversing a 1.9% increase in November, which was the first rise in four months. That was well above the expected fall of 1.5%. Mining and quarrying output contracted the most by 16.4% annually in November, and that of the utility segment dipped by 6.7%.
Output produced in the manufacturing sector was 2% lower. On a monthly basis, industrial output slipped by 1.4%, reversing from a 2.8% gain in the previous month.
A separate report from the Prague-based agency showed that construction output in the country fell 6.5% slipping further from a 0.9% fall in the previous month.
On a monthly basis, construction output was 3.8% lower in November.
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