Malaysia's producer prices decreased for the fourth straight month in June, figures from the Department of Statistics showed on Monday.
Producer prices fell 4.2 percent year-on-year in June, following a 3.6 percent decrease in May.
Among sectors, the price index in the mining sector plunged 8.0 percent from last year, and that in the manufacturing sector dropped 4.3 percent. For the utility sector, both electricity and gas supply and water supply posted marginal decreases of 0.2 percent in June.
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