Malaysia's June industrial production up 6.5%, below forecast

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 : Malaysia's industrial production index in June rose 6.5 per cent from a year earlier, below expectations, government data showed on Tuesday.

June's factory output had been forecast to expand 7 per cent, according to 11 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.

May's reading was revised slightly upwards to 8.5 per cent from an originally reported 8.4 per cent, the data showed. 

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