SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s industrial production and retail sales contracted from a month earlier in September, data showed Thursday.

Industrial production fell 0.3 percent on the month after rising 1.2 percent in August, according to data compiled by Statistics Korea.

In annual terms, industrial production fell 1.1 percent in September.

Retail sales, a gauge of private spending, fell 0.4 percent from a month earlier in September after rising 2 percent the previous month.

But plant investment rose 8.4 percent on the month, rebounding from a 5.1 percent decline in August, the data showed.