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The IMACEC economic activity index, which encompasses about 90 percent of the economy tallied in gross domestic product figures, came in well above Reuters forecasts of a 2.4 percent increase and marked the largest year-over-year gain thus far in 2017.
Economic activity was lifted by a 2.9 percent increase in mining, the central bank said, as a sharp spike in copper prices has boosted output in the world's top producer of the metal.
Compared with October, economic activity increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent.