The estimated year-on-year rate for underlying inflation (the index excluding unprocessed and food products and energy) was 0.6% in November, up from 0.4% in October, INE said.

The year-on-year rate in the price index for energy products slowed to 4.9% in November from 7.3% in October.

In October the overall consumer price index was down 0.1% from September.

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) – calculated for comparison with the figures from other European Union countries – is estimated in November to have been up 1.0% from a year earlier, marking an acceleration from October’s HIPC rate of 0.8%.

The definitive data for November is to be released on 12 December.