Eurozone unemployment rate edged higher to 6.3% in May, missing expectations for an unchanged reading at 6.2%. Eurostat data showed 10.83m people unemployed in the Eurozone, part of a total 13.05m across the EU.
The broader EU jobless rate held steady at 5.9%, but the number of unemployed rose by 54k in the Eurozone and by 48k in the EU compared to April.