The Reuters poll had predicted it at 48.2. An index measuring factory output that feeds into the composite PMI showed expansion for the first time in two years. It jumped to 50.7 from 48.9 ...

The HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, bounced to 58.1 in March from 56.3 in February, higher than a preliminary estimate of 57.6 and firmly above ...