The UK private sector economy gained momentum in April after posting the weakest growth in six months in March, supported by moderate upturns in both manufacturing production and service sector output, survey data from S&P Global showed Thursday.
The composite output index posted 52.0 in April, up from 50.3 in March. A score above 50.0 indicates expansion.
Higher levels of output have been recorded in each of the past twelve months and the latest expansion was slightly stronger than the average over this period.
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