FRANKFURT, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Investment flowed out of the euro zone in

December, the European Central Bank said on Monday. The ECB reported the

following data on the euro zone balance of payments. Figures are in billions of

euros and are non-seasonally adjusted unless specified otherwise.

EURO ZONE TRADE/CURRENT ACC DEC NOV Cumulative

12-month

CURRENT ACCOUNT 27.0 20.8 (19.8) 110.8

Trade balance 13.0 16.7 (16.3) 104.2

Services 9.4 5.7 (5.6) 89.6

Net income account 5.8 4.5 (4.0) 28.2

Net current transfers -1.2 -6.0 (-6.1) -111.2

CAPITAL ACCOUNT 1.2 1.6 (1.6) 11.2

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

TOTAL -47.0 -22.7 (-26.1) -153.5

Direct investment -8.6 13.7 (14.1) -50.9

Portfolio investment -12.1 16.5 (12.1) 64.1

Combined direct,

portfolio investment -20.7 30.3 (26.2) 13.2

Financial derivatives 1.9 10.5 (10.2) 0.0

Other investments -28.9 -62.4 (-61.5) -152.8

Reserve assets 0.7 -1.0 (-1.0) -13.9

SEASONALLY ADJ CURRENT ACC. 13.9 15.9 (14.8) 116.1

NOTE - Originally reported data that have been revised are

shown in brackets. A minus sign for reserve assets represents an

increase.

For a full copy of the report, please click on

http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/stats/bop/html/index.en.html

(Reporting by Sakari Suoninen)

Keywords: ECB/BOP

(sakari.suoninen@thomsonreuters.com)(+49 69 7565 1267)(Reuters Messaging: sakari.suoninen.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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