[9] Other income
The breakdown of other income is as follows: > TABLE 054
in € million |
2019 |
2018 |
|---|---|---|
Foreign currency exchange rate gains |
32.1 |
44.2 |
Income from reversal of provisions |
1.9 |
2.4 |
Gains on disposal of non-current assets |
6.0 |
2.3 |
Rental income |
0.8 |
1.2 |
Sundry income |
28.6 |
36.4 |
Total other income |
69.5 |
86.5 |
In 2019, other income fell by €17.0 million year on year.
The decrease was predominantly attributable to the reduction in foreign currency exchange rate gains. These gains are attributable to exchange rate gains arising in the course of the Group companies’ operating activities and to gains on hedges that were entered into in order to hedge currency risk arising from the operating business and are not part of a formally documented hedge (details of the countervailing losses can be found in note [10]).
Sundry income included, among other items, income from non-consolidated subsidiaries and other equity investments amounting to €2.0 million (2018: €2.3 million).