Malaysia's June industrial production up 6.5%, below forecast
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FILE PHOTO: Workers collect rubber gloves at Top Glove's factory in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)/File Photo
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Malaysia's industrial production index in June rose 6.5% from a year earlier, below expectations, government data showed on Tuesday.
June's factory output had been forecast to expand 7%, according to 11 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.
May's reading was revised slightly upwards to 8.5% from an originally reported 8.4%, the data showed.
(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by David Stanway )
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