Services sector to see momentum

The French central bank Banque de France, on Monday announced 0.3-percent GDP growth in France in the second quarter of 2018, confirming a previous estimation on expected momentum in industrial and services businesses. At the end of June “industrial production rebounded sharply, in particular in the capital goods, automobile and metal sectors ... (and) remained strong in the agri-food, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors,” the bank said. Over the period, the capacity utilization gained one percentage point to stand at 80.1 percent, BdF data showed.