India services PMI rises to 3-mth high in December as input inflation hits 40-month low

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India's services activity picked up momentum in the last month of 2023 aided by demand buoyancy, strong job creation and strength in business optimism, a private survey showed on Friday...

The HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 59.0 in December from November's one-year low of 56.9..

With this, India's services activity index has expanded for 29 straight months and is well above the 50-mark reading which separates growth from contraction...

"India's services sector ended the year on a high note, with an uptick in business activity, led by a three-month-high new orders index," said Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist, HSBC...

Data released Wednesday showed that India's manufacturing sector index dipped to 54.9 in December but the strong services activity lifted the overall HSBC India Composite PMI Output Index to a three-month high of 58.5...

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