Malaysia's October industrial production up 2.1%, below forecast

FILE PHOTO: A worker inspects newly-made gloves at Top Glove factory in Shah Alam, Malaysia August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia's industrial production index rose 2.1 per cent from a year earlier in October, below expectations, government data showed on Tuesday.
October's factory output had been forecast to expand 2.5 per cent, according to 12 economists surveyed in a Reuters poll.