The Swiss Federal Statistical Office released its industrial production data for Switzerland on Thursday. Swiss industrial production dropped 2.5% in the second quarter from a year earlier, after a 0.5% fall in the first quarter.

The output in manufacturing plunged 3.0% in the second quarter, energy output climbed 1.5%, and the production in the construction sector was down 2.5%, while the output in mining and quarrying dropped 5.5%.