France's private sector contracted the most since January as prolonged weakness in demand damped expectations, flash survey results from S&P Global showed on Friday. The flash HCOB composite output index fell markedly to 44.8 in November from 48.1 in October.
This was the third monthly fall in private sector output and the score signaled the steepest contraction since January.
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