In May, after three months of quarterly increases, the seasonally adjusted index of industrial production decreased by 0.3% from April, Istat said Friday.
    Compared to the previous year, the calendar-adjusted index increased by 1.1%.
    Istat said that the quarterly decline was widespread across all major industrial groups except energy.
    On a year-on-year basis, however, "capital goods (+5%) grew significantly, while energy (+1.9%) and intermediate goods (+0.8%) grew less strongly," while consumer goods declined (-3.2%).
    Among sectors, transportation equipment manufacturing recorded a +11.6%.

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