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Services grow at a pace not seen in 7 years, Feb PMI expands to 57.7

Behind the resilience in the trend for business activity stands healthy demand for services from both the domestic and international markets

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A sister survey on Monday showed factory activity growth slowed in February from January's eight-year high due to a modest weakening in demand and output.

Reuters Bengaluru
Growth in India's dominant service sector accelerated at a pace not seen in over seven years last month, boosted by a recovery in foreign demand and solid business confidence, a private survey showed on Wednesday.

The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index climbed to 57.5 in February from January's 55.5. It was the highest reading since January 2013 and comfortably above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction for a fourth month.

"Behind the resilience in the trend for business activity stands healthy demand for services from both the domestic and international markets," Pollyanna De Lima, principal economist at IHS Markit, said in