Canada September producer prices up 0.8% on precious metals, energy

Oct 20 (Reuters) – Producer prices in Canada rose 0.8% in September from August on higher prices for primary non-ferrous metal products energy, as well as petroleum products, Statistics Canada said on Monday. This followed a downwardly revised 0.2% increase in August. Raw materials prices were up 1.7% in September, and were up 8.4% on the year. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT PRICES (pct change) Month-on-month Year-on-year Sep Aug(rev) Aug(prev) Sep Aug(rev) Aug(prev) total +0.8 +0.2 +0.5 +5.5 +3.7 +4.0 ex energy/petrol +0.8 +0.5 +0.7 +5.5 +4.6 +4.9 RAW MATERIALS PRICE INDEX (pct change) Month-on-month Year-on-year Sep Aug(rev) Aug(prev) Sep Aug(rev) Aug(prev) total +1.7 -0.8 -0.6 +8.4 +3.0 +3.2 ex crude energy +3.1 +0.7 +0.9 +18.4 +15.3 +15.5 (Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Promit Mukherjee) Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/PRODUCER PRICES

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