Brussels, 04/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - The euro-zone industrial producer price index rose by 0.4% in August 2005 compared with the previous month. In August 2005, EU25 prices increased by 0.5%. In July prices gained 0.5% in the euro-zone and 0.7% in the EU25. In August 2005 compared to August 2004, industrial producer prices rose by 4.0% in the euro-zone and by 5.1% in the EU25. In August 2005, compared to the previous month, prices in total industry excluding the energy sector increased by 0.1% in both the euro-zone and the EU25. Prices in energy rose by 1.6% and 1.8% respectively. In both zones, intermediate goods, capital goods and non-durable consumer goods gained 0.1%, while durable consumer goods fell by 0.1%. In August 2005 compared with August 2004, excluding the energy sector, industrial prices increased by 1.3% in the euro-zone and 1.5% in the EU25. Prices in the energy sector gained 15.1% and 19.0% respectively. Intermediate goods rose by 1.7% in the euro-zone and by 2.1% in the EU25. Capital goods gained 1.2% and 1.4% respectively. Among Member States, the highest increases were observed in the UK (+11.1%), Denmark (+10.3%), the Netherlands (+7.5%) and Hungary (+7.4%), and the lowest in Luxembourg (+0.2%), Belgium (+0.7%) and the Czech Republic (+1.0%).