Manufacturing helps emerging market biz growth in November: HSBC

06 Dec 2013 Evaluate

As per the HSBC survey, business activity in emerging markets grew at the fastest rate in eight months in November. The composite HSBC emerging markets index increased to 52.1 in the reported month from 51.7 in October and also remained above sub-50.0 level that divides expansions in activity from contractions. The increase in index was mainly on the back of strong momentum in Chinese manufacturing activity where stronger domestic demand drove manufacturing growth to its sharpest increase since March.

China HSBC composite manufacturing and services PMI for China increased to 52.3 in November from 51.8 in October. Meanwhile, the HSBC composite manufacturing and services PMI for Brazil and Russia, though witnessed a decline over the previous month, yet remained above the 50 mark. The PMI for Brazil declined to 51.8 in November from 52 in the previous month and for Russia it fell to 52.2 from 53.3. The survey further added that other emerging markets also saw faster growth in manufacturing, with Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey benefiting from the euro zone`s ongoing recovery.

India`s large but challenged economy weighed on the index, with a fifth month of overall contraction. The HSBC index for India increased in November to 48.5 over the previous month (47.5) but remained below the 50 mark that indicates expansion. Referring to the growth in India, the HSBC said that manufacturing business conditions in the country are turning to positive after a few months of contraction. Private sector outlook in India is likely to increase in near future.  Among the largest emerging markets, Brazil continued to post a marked degree of sentiment regarding future output as compared to China and India. Meanwhile, Russian firms were less optimistic about future growth.

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