In France, industrial production rose by 1.1% M/M in November, while the consensus was looking for an increase by 0.5% M/M. The previous figure was however upwardly revised from -0.8% M/M to -0.6% M/M. The details show that the upward surprise was based in the manufacturing sector as manufacturing production rose by 1.6% M/M spurred by strong growth in the production of cars and electronic equipment, while an increase by 1.0% M/M was forecasted.