The headline figure fell for the third month in succession, however, to 53.3, from August’s 55.6, indicating the weakest rate of growth since April 2013. Analysts were anticipating incline to 56.4. Correspondingly, the average reading for the Index over the third quarter as a whole (55.4) was the weakest since the second quarter of 2013.
Total business activity rose at the slowest pace since April 2013, as did the volume of incoming new work. Outstanding business rose only fractionally as a result, while the longer-term outlook sank to the weakest since August 2014. Input prices rose solidly, linked to salary pressures, but charges levied by service providers increased only marginally. The main positive from the latest survey was the strongest rise in employment in three months.
Sterling is currently being traded 1.5180 level. Pair is likely to find support around 1.5130 area and resistance above 1.5230 level. Later today, in the US session, Non-Manufacturing
PMI figures are scheduled for a release.