Eurozone's private sector continues to decline in April

Private sector in the euro area continued to fall in April, but the pace of contraction was lower than preliminary estimated, the Markit Economics reported on Monday. The composite output index measuring performance of manufacturing and services increased from 46.5 recorded in March to a level of 46.9 in April, while the services business activity index climbed from 46.4 to 47 on the month.