Growth in India's dominant services industry softened in April but remained sturdy on robust domestic and foreign demand, lifting business confidence to a three-month high, a survey showed on Monday. The HSBC final India Services Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 60.8 in April from 61.2 in March, confounding a preliminary estimate for a rise to 61.7. Activity in the services sector has been above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction since August 2021.
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Country | G | S | B | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 39 | 41 | 33 | 113 |
China | 38 | 32 | 18 | 88 |
ROC | 20 | 28 | 23 | 71 |
Great Britain | 22 | 21 | 22 | 65 |
Japan | 27 | 14 | 17 | 58 |
Australia | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
Italy | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |