In Poland, industrial production increased and the decline in producer prices slowed in June on an annual basis

In June, industrial production increased by 0.3 percent year-on-year after a 1.6 percent decrease in May. Analysts polled by the Polish news agency PAP expected a 1.1 percent drop in June.

In June, industrial production increased by 3.2 percent compared to May, experts expected a smaller increase of 1.8 percent in a monthly comparison.

It was also announced on Thursday that producer prices fell by 6.1 percent in June, more modestly than the 6.3 percent estimated by analysts, following the 7 percent fall in May. On a monthly basis, producer prices increased by 0.1 percent instead of the stagnation expected by experts.