Singapore June factory output -0.3 pct year-on-year, bit weaker than expected

Reuters

Published Jul 26, 2016 01:28AM ET

Singapore June factory output -0.3 pct year-on-year, bit weaker than expected

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's industrial production in June fell slightly more than expected from a year earlier, as sharp falls in marine and offshore engineering output and pharmaceuticals production offset a jump in electronics output.

Manufacturing output fell 0.3 percent from a year earlier in June, data from the Singapore Economic Development Board showed on Tuesday. The median forecast in a Reuters survey was for a contraction of 0.2 percent.