China Oct industrial output up 5.6% on-yr

BEIJING: Growth in China’s industrial production, a measure of output at factories, workshops and mines, fell to a six-month low in October, official data showed Wednesday, suggesting sustained weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

Industrial output increased 5.6 percent last month from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, the lowest reading since March’s identical figure and edging down from a 5.7-percent rise in September.