Eurozone industrial production contracted -0.9% mom in December, much worse than expectation of -0.4% mom. Over the year, IP dropped -4.2% yoy. Looking at the industrial groupings, production of both capital goods and non-durable consumer goods fell by -1.5% and energy by -0.4%, while production of intermediate goods remained unchanged and durable consumer goods rose by 0.7%. For EU 28, industrial productions dropped -0.5% mom, -2.7% yoy.