India, June 13 -- Eurozone industrial production declined for the first time in four months in April as the positive momentum from frontloading of orders from the US faded, official data revealed Friday.
Industrial output registered a monthly fall of 2.4 percent in April, offsetting March's 2.4 percent increase, Eurostat said. Production was forecast to drop 1.6 percent.
All components of the industrial production declined from the previous month, with output of non-durable consumer goods recording the biggest fall of 3.0 percent.
This was followed by a 1.6 percent drop in energy output and 1.1 percent decrease in capital goods production. At the same time, output of intermediate goods and durable consumer goods eased 0.7 percent and 0.2...