-- Spain's annual inflation softened to 3.2% in April from 3.4% in March, according to provisional data from the National Statistics Institute published Wednesday.
Analysts expected inflation to remain stable at 3.4%.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices in Spain were up 0.4%, against the previous 1.2% jump and the expected 0.6% rise.
The Spanish annual harmonized inflation rate came in at 3.5%, as expected, higher than the previous 3.4%. Month over month, harmonized consumer prices grew 0.7%, compared with the 1.7% growth earlier and the expected 0.6% increase.
Meanwhile, the country's annual core inflation rate eased to 2.8% from 2.9%.