Spain’s July jobless falls 0.1% from June to 2.40 million, lowest in 17 years

(Reuters) -The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell by 0.1% in July from a month earlier, or by 1,357, leaving a total of 2.40 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Monday.

The number is the lowest since 2.39 million jobless people registered in June 2008.

Spain gained 31,085 net formal jobs in July to 21.64 million jobs, on a calendar-adjusted and excluding seasonality, a separate report from the Social Security Ministry said.

(Reporting by Mireia Merino, editing by Inti Landauro)