India, March 3 -- Portugal's industrial production decreased for the third straight month in January, while retail sales expanded at a slightly faster pace, separate reports from Statistics Portugal showed on Monday.
Industrial production dropped 4.3 percent year-on-year in January, slower than the 4.9 percent fall in December.
Excluding energy, industrial output fell 4.1 percent in January, compared to a 3.2 percent decrease in the prior month.
Among large industrial groups, production in the energy segment showed a decline of 5.4 percent, and the capital goods sector declined sharply by 8.8 percent from last year. Data showed that the intermediate goods segment also showed a fall of 5.7 percent.
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