According to statistics issued by S&P Global on Monday, manufacturing activity in India decreased to a 14-month low of 56.3 in February from 57.7 the month before. A slight loss of momentum in new orders and manufacturing was blamed for the decline. The manufacturing PMI continues to show a strong increase in the sector’s overall…
With the December Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) falling to 56.4, India’s manufacturing activity ended the year at a 12-month low and had its weakest growth rate of 2024, according to statistics provided by S&P Global on Thursday. This suggested that the improvement in operating conditions was less pronounced. Although the headline number was lower than…
Following an eight-month low of 56.5 in September, India’s manufacturing activity rebounded to 57.5 in October, demonstrating a significant and quicker improvement in operating conditions, according to data provided by S&P Global on Monday. It claimed that October saw an acceleration of output growth driven by quicker growth in both foreign sales and total new…
Data from S&P Global on Monday indicated that although India’s manufacturing activity decreased to 57.5 in August from 58.1 in July, it was still higher than its long-term average of 54.0, indicating a significant improvement in operating conditions. August saw weaker gains in new business and output from Indian manufacturers, albeit their rates of expansion…
In August, the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell from 58.1 in July to 57.9, while the services purchasing managers’ index increased from 60.3 to 60.4 in July. The composite index consequently dropped to 60.5 from 60.7 in July, the lowest level since May. Despite this, the most recent manufacturing PMI number was higher than the…
Aluminium saw a little decrease, finishing at 201.8, down -0.12%, as a result of the restart of production and power supplies at an Inner Mongolian aluminium smelter. Concerns about supply disruptions in China and abroad were allayed when Yunnan and other locations saw an improvement in power supply, which in turn led to stable production…
Due to a number of variables, including China’s substantial increase in unwrought aluminium imports in 2023, aluminium prices saw a decrease of -1.17% yesterday, ultimately finishing at 202.5. China’s yearly imports more than doubled to 1.54 million metric tones, the second-highest amount since the century’s beginning and just shy of the record set in 2021….
Zinc saw a -1.08% drop, closing at 225.2, as news suggesting a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing activity put pressure on prices. The official NBS Manufacturing PMI for China increased somewhat to 49.2 in January 2024, but this is the fourth month in a row that factory activity has decreased due to issues like property fragility,…
Zinc prices fell -0.91% to settle at 228.45 in December as a result of China’s official PMI dropping to 49 from the previous month, which heightened expectations of further government support. With expectations of early interest rate reductions by major central banks and a more complete economic recovery in China, the world’s largest zinc consumer,…
Due to a lack of signals on both the domestic and international fronts, the rupee’s volatility is still modest. In the domestic arena, the rupee was sustained and its gains throughout the intraday session were reinforced by flows relating to the initial public offering. Simultaneously, the rupee received assistance from the dollar index’s decline. The…
