Eurozone November Current Account Surplus Falls

(RTTNews) - Eurozone's current account surplus for November declined from a year ago, figures from the European Central Bank showed Monday.

The current account surplus decreased to EUR 18.1 billion from EUR 19.5 billion in the same month last year. In October, the surplus was EUR 19.5 billion.

The goods trade surplus eased to EUR 18.7 billion in November from EUR 19 billion a year ago. The figure rose slightly from EUR 18.4 billion seen in the previous month.

The surplus in the services trade, meanwhile, grew to EUR 7.8 billion from EUR 7.4 billion in the same month last year as well as from EUR 5.8 billion in October.

Primary income also rose from a year ago, climbing to EUR 4.8 billion from EUR 3.9 billion. In October, the figure was EUR 5.2 billion.