Amid rising coronavirus infections, the euro area private sector expanded only marginally in September as the service sector slipped back into contraction, while manufacturing output grew the most in over two-and-a-half years, final survey data from IHS Markit showed Tuesday.
The composite output index fell to a three-month low of 50.4 in September from 51.9 in the previous month. The flash score was 50.1.
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