Switzerland's foreign currency reserves dropped to 710.82 billion francs in May from the revised 715.81 billion francs in April, data from the Swiss National Bank (SNBN.SW) showed Friday.
Official reserve assets, excluding gold holdings, totaled 722.56 billion francs, down from the revised 727.63 billion francs earlier.
France's foreign exchange reserves fell to 381.30 billion euros in May from 386.90 billion euros in April, according to government data published Friday.The total amount comprised 304.84 billion euros in gold reserves, 31.15 billion euros in foreign currency reserves, 38.85 billion euros in claims on the International Monetary Fund, and 6.46 billion euros in other reserve assets.
France's industrial production was up 0.1% month over month in April, following a revised 1.4% increase in the previous month, statistics agency Insee said Friday.Analysts expected a 0.2% decline for the month, according to Investing.com data.On a yearly basis, the index was up 2.9%.
France's trade deficit fell to 5.64 billion euros in April from the revised deficit of 6.41 billion euros in March, according to government data published Friday.Analysts expected a 6.5 billion-euro trade deficit for the month.Exports stood at 54.59 billion euros, compared with a revised 52.93 billion euros earlier, while imports rose to 60.23 billion euros from the revised 59.35 billion euros.