Industrial new orders up 6.5 pct in Nov.

Greece’s industrial new orders composite index (measuring both the domestic and external markets) grew 6.5 pct in November 2010, compared with the same month in 2009, after a decline of 11.7 pct recorded in the previous 12-month period, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Wednesday.

The statistics service, in a report, attributed this positive development to a 6.7 pct decline in the domestic market index and a 26.6 pct jump in the external market index in November.

The turnover index in the industrial sector grew 9.5 pct in November, compared with the same month in 2009, after a decline of 10.2 pct recorded in the previous 12-month period. The statistics service attributed this development to a 6.5 pct decline in turnover in the mining sector and a 9.7 pct increase in the manufacturing sector. Turnover in the domestic market was down 2.7 pct, while turnover in the external market soared 42.8 pct in November.