INSEE revised its industrial production figure for April to 0.5% from 0.4% previously.

Energy and utilities ouput rose 4.6%, outpacing April's increase of 4.0%. Transport production -- namely Airbus aircraft and automobiles -- rose 3.3%, bouncing back from a decline of 3.1% the previous month.

Excluding energy, manufacturing production rose 1.6% in May, after falling by a revised 0.1% in April.