Manufacturing rebound hopes dashed

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Hopes of an imminent rebound in the manufacturing sector have been dashed as the crisis in the UK's largest export market continued to hit orders.

The latest Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) produced a headline reading of 48.4 for September, below the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction and down on the improved trend of 49.6 seen a month earlier.
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