Eurozone's manufacturing activity grew at a faster rate in January, confirming the flash estimate, final figures from Markit Economics showed Monday.
The final Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, rose to 51 in January from 50.6 in December. This was unrevised from the flash estimate.
Production increased at the fastest rate in six months. New orders rose marginally in January.
Employment levels rose for the fifth successive month and the rate of job creation was unchanged from the eight-month high in December.
The recent sharp declines in international oil prices drove average input costs down at the fastest pace for five-and-a-half years, Markit said.
Output prices fell for the fifth successive month and at the fastest rate in one-and-a-half-years.
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