Output for durable goods dropped 0.5 percent as auto production slid 1.5 percent.
The free-agent pickup Jamie Duncan was a bust, Don Davis's production slid and the rookie first-rounder Robert Thomas was a disappointment much of the season.
Third-quarter oil output fell 7.6percentt from a year earlier and natural gas production slid 5.9percentt, partly because of asset sales, ConocoPhillips said.
Industrial production slid again and consumer prices fell slightly in March, posting their first year-over-year declines in more than five decades.
South Africa's economic growth slowed to an annualized 1.2percentt in the third quarter, a two-year low, as manufacturing and mining production slid because demand for exports fell and agricultural output declined.
A study by the University of California estimates that, left to continue, the Central Valley could be facing reparation costs of up to $1.5bn by 2030 and the loss of up to 64,000 jobs as agricultural production slides.
Venture Production slid 8.5p lower to 811.5p on talk that a bid for the oil and gas company from Centrica - which has built up a 23.56% stake - had become less likely.
But housebuilder Barratt Developments dropped 8.5p to 151.75p as Goldman Sachs downgraded its recommendation from buy to neutral, while Venture Production slid 7.5p to 763p as potential bidder British Gas owner Centrica, down 1.75p at 222.25p, was given a put up or shut up deadline of 13 July to come up with an offer or walk away.
Factory output, which accounts for the largest portion of total industrial production, slid 0.7percentt in October, its third consecutive monthly drop, but at least some of the decline stemmed from an auto parts shortage and a shutdown of West Coast ports that curtailed car manufacturing.
The country's merchandise-trade surplus increased to $15.2 billion in the 12 months to August from $10.8 billion in the 12 months to July.Britain's index of production slid by 2.5% in August, having gone up in the two previous months.
For the first time since 2009, poppy production in Afghanistan is on the decline with overall production sliding to nearly half of what it was in 2014.
