Spain’s February jobless falls by 0.23% from January to 2.59 million

(Reuters) – The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell 0.23% in February from a month earlier, or by 5,994 people, leaving a total of 2.59 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday.

Spain gained 58,735 net formal jobs during the month to 21.45 million jobs, when adjusting to seasonality, a separate report from the Social Security Ministry showed.

(Reporting by Javi West Larrañaga, editing by David Latona)