Flash PMI signals India’s private sector activity at three-month high in November
The HinduActivity levels across India’s private sector are seeing a modest uptick this month, even as cost pressures have surged to a 16-month high for both services and manufacturing players, compelling them to raise prices charged to customers at a pace not seen since February 2013, as per the HSBC Flash India Purchasing Managers’ Index. The Flash PMI is an early economic indicator for an ongoing month, based on 80% to 90% of responses to a private survey of purchasing managers across 400-odd companies in manufacturing and services sectors conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The HSBC Flash India Composite Output Index, that combines responses from services firms and goods producers, rose to 59.5 in November, a three-month high, from a final PMI reading of 59.1 in October. HSBC Flash India Manufacturing PMI cooled to 57.3 in November, marginally lower than October’s 57.5 reading.