South Korea Producer Prices Ease 0.1% In April

(RTTNews) - Producer prices in South Korea were down 0.1 percent on month in April, the Bank of Korea said on Friday - following the flat reading in March.

Individually, prices for agricultural, forestry and marine products fell 1.5 percent on month, while manufacturing products eased 0.3 percent, utilities rose 0.4 percent and services were up 0.2 percent.

On a yearly basis, producer prices rose 0.9 percent - easing from 1.3 percent in the previous month.

Individually, prices for agricultural, forestry and marine products fell 1.3 percent on year, while manufacturing products were flat, utilities jumped 5.7 percent and services were up 1.5 percent.