India's March business activity ends fiscal year on strong note

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India's business activity ended this fiscal year on a high note, expanding at the fastest rate in eight months in March, according to a business survey, suggesting the country would remain the fastest growing major economy...

HSBC's flash India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to 61.3 this month from February's final reading of 60.6...

That extended the streak of expanding activity to 32 months..

"Led by the strongest manufacturing output in nearly three-and-a-half years, the composite output index rose quickly," said Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist at HSBC..

Although prices charged by manufacturers appreciated at the weakest pace in over a year in March, input costs rose faster this month than in February...

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