Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank has seen new lending rise in the third quarter.

It said commitments added up to EUR 8.8bn ($10.21bn) from EUR 8.6bn in the same three months of 2016.

It said substantial priority areas included water, power and renewables.

These totalled EUR 1.6bn from EUR 2.1bn, while the figure for industries and services was EUR 1.5bn, up from EUR 0.9bn