Wed, 01 May 2013 15:58:03 GMT
U.K. manufacturing sector activity improves in April
Manufacturing sector activity in the U.K. continued to contract, but the pace of contraction was lower than preliminary estimated in April, as new orders recorded an increase suggesting that the economy might be gathering momentum in the Q2. The manufacturing sector Purchasing Managers Index grew from 48.6 points in March to 49.8 in April.