Household consumption and a rebound in investment drove economic growth in the euro zone in the last three months of last year, the latest data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat shows.

Eurostat confirmed its earlier estimate that the economy of the 19 countries sharing the euro grew 0.4 % quarter-on-quarter and 1.7 % year-on-year.

It said household consumption added 0.2 % points to the final quarterly growth number and capital investment added another 0.1 points, rebound...