30.08.201821:14:00UTC+00China Manufacturing PMI Rises To 51.3 In August

The manufacturing sector in China continued to expand in August, and at a slightly faster rate, the latest survey from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday with a PMI score of 51.3.

That beat expectations for a score of 51.0 and was up from 51.2 in July.

The bureau also said that the non-manufacturing PMI came in at 54.2 - also exceeding expectations for 53.7 and up from 54.0 in the previous month.

The composite index had a score of 53.8, up from 53.6 a month earlier.

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