China's service sector activity logged a steeper growth in July as the successful containment of the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases led to greater customer numbers and boosted new order intakes, survey results from IHS Markit showed on Wednesday.
At 54.9 in July, the Caixin Purchasing Managers' Index rebounded from June's 14-month low of 50.3 and signaled a sharp and accelerated expansion of services activity.
New order growth accelerated in July as the containment of the virus domestically boosted customer numbers and demand. Nonetheless, new export business remained broadly stagnant.
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