India, Feb. 5 -- Eurozone private sector expanded for the first time in five months in January as factory production showed a slower decline amid a softer growth in services activity, final survey results from S&P Global showed on Wednesday.
The HCOB composite output index rose to 50.2 in January, in line with flash estimate, from 49.6 in December. The score signaled the first monthly increase in private sector activity since last August.
The services Purchasing Managers' Index dropped to 51.3 in January from 51.6 in December. The flash score was 51.4.
At composite level, output expanded in January despite an eighth successive fall in overall new business inflows. There was a marked decline in export sales, data showed.
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