Factory output hits 3 months high

India’s manufacturing activity continued to expand in August, with the S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising to a three-month high of 58.6 as against 57.7 in July.
The gauge of manufacturing activity in August was above 50, the key level which separates expansion in activity from contraction, for the 26th month straight. A reading below 50 would mean contraction in activity.
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