India's industrial output grew 5% in January, surpassing economists' expectations of 3.5%, government data showed on Wednesday. Manufacturing, electricity and mining sectors showed strong performance with respective increases of 5.5%, 2.4% and 4.4%. These sectors grew by 3.4%, 6.2% and 2.7%, respectively, in December. Consumer durables and capital goods also grew by 7.2% and 7.8%, respectively.