UPDATE 1-Mexico gross fixed investment up 16.9 pct in Feb

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MEXICO CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Mexico's gross fixed investment, a measure of spending on machinery, equipment and construction, rose a weaker-than-expected 16.9 percent in February from the same month a year ago, the government said on Monday.

Analysts in a Reuters poll ECONMX had predicted February gross fixed investment MXGFI=ECI would rise 18.45 percent.

Spending on equipment and machinery jumped 34.5 percent, which expenditures on imported equipment and machinery soared 48.4 percent, the government said in a statement.

Investment in domestically produced items edged up only 3 percent. Construction investment increased 6.1 percent in February from a year earlier.

Gross fixed investment inched up 0.80 percent compared with January, according to seasonally adjusted figures.