Euro zone's current account surplus widens on trade
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The skyline with its financial district and the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are photographed in the early evening in Frankfurt, Germany, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The euro zone's current account surplus widened a touch in September as the goods surplus increased, offsetting a modest drop in the trade of services, data from the European Central Bank showed on Wednesday.
The adjusted current account surplus of the 20 nations sharing the euro rose to 23.1 billion euros ($26.74 billion) in September from 22.2 billion a month earlier while the unadjusted data showed an increase to 38.1 billion euros from 22.3 billion.
In the 12 months to September, the surplus equalled 2.0% of the bloc's GDP, down from 2.7% in the preceding 12 months.
($1 = 0.8639 euros)
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Andrew HeaVENS)
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