Manufacturing PMI rises to 53.1 in June; highest since Dec 2017

02 Jul 2018 Evaluate

In its highest reading since December 2017, the Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) - a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance -climbed from 51.2 in the previous month to 53.1 in June 2018, mainly led by the rise in new orders and output. The reading remained above the crucial 50 mark for the eleventh consecutive month that separates growth from contraction.

As per the survey report, favorable demand conditions, including new orders from overseas, resulted into greater output and increased staffing levels at firms. Improvements in market demand also raised firms purchasing activity. The report further found that in line with the expansion in output, new business placed at manufacturers in June rose to the sharpest degree in 2018 so far. Besides, the new export orders also expanded at solid pace and accelerated to the fastest since February.

However, despite strengthening demand conditions, business confidence was at the weakest level seen since last October. On the price front, inflationary pressures in the Indian manufacturing economy rose in June, thereby stretching the period of inflation to 33 months and rise in input cost was the sharpest since July 2014, amid rising steel and fuel prices. Subsequently, firms raised their output charges at the fastest pace since February.

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