Portugal's economy expanded in the second quarter after shrinking in the first three months of the year as exports and private consumption recovered, preliminary estimates from Statistics Portugal showed on Wednesday.
Gross domestic product increased 0.6 percent from the first quarter, when it decreased 0.4 percent, flash estimates revealed. In the same quarter last year, growth was 0.4 percent.
"The contribution of net external demand to the quarter-on-quarter rate of change of GDP was less negative, with exports of goods and services registering a growth, following the reduction observed in the previous quarter," the statistical office said.
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