The HSBC purchasing managers' index showed a final reading of 49.5 in October, an increase from 47.9 in September.
This has been the case with China, which has been showing remarkable improvement in its export-oriented HSBC Purchasing Managers Index.
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The preliminary HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May fell to 49.6.
The HSBC purchasing managers index, or PMI, is compiled after polling around 400 manufacturing firms which tend to be more export-orientated than those surveyed in the official PMI from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Earlier, a trader said, gold and other commodities found minute support from the HSBC preliminary Purchasing Managers Index for October.
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The HSBC flash Purchasing Managers Index for China, reported last week, hit a two-year high of 51.9 and was seen as a continuing sign that the country is emerging from a two-year slowdown.
The preliminary reading of HSBC's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 50.5, from 51.6 in March.
The preliminary reading of HSBC's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 51.7, from 50.4 in February.
The HSBC China preliminary purchasing managers index for December rose to 50.9 from 50.5 in November.
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On August 2, The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index was released, showing a decline to 49.4 from 50.4 in June.
The yen rebound, coupled with the weak China data the preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 for May hit Japanese exporters.
The preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 48.1 in June compared with a final reading of 48.4 in May, strengthening the case for further policy steps aimed at boosting China's growth.
HSBC's monthly purchasing managers' index a gauge of business activity fell to a worse-than-expected 50.5 from March's 51.6 on a 100-point scale.
The initial results from HSBC's January Purchasing Managers' Index survey of Chinese manufacturers showed activity there contracting, though at a slightly slower pace than in December.
HSBC's initial China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to a two-year high of 51.9 in January.
Meanwhile, HSBC's preliminary or "flash" reading of China manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index showed Monday that activity improved in April from levels seen in March, but remained below the threshold of 50, indicating a contraction.
Data released Monday by HSBC showed the country's manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in December, with the monthly Purchasing Managers' Index at 46.4, down from 47.1 in November.
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