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Key points: Hi-tech equipment and software & services place among fastest-growing sectors in July Healthcare activity falls at sharpest rate in over three years
Other financials tops detailed rankings, but manufacturers generally outperform July’s release of EU Sector PMI® data from Markit highlighted technology as the best-performing of the broad sector groups, while other financials led the way among detailed sectors. At the other end of the spectrum, healthcare companies endured a torrid month, with activity falling sharply.
Other financials returned to the summit of the detailed rankings after a mere one-month absence. However, it is worth noting that the sector had fallen to eleventh in June thanks to a marked slowdown in growth.
The revival supported overall financial activity, as banks and real estate struggled. Meanwhile, technology and healthcare showed divergent trends. Output continued to rise solidly in the former (although a near-stagnation in new business raised doubts about short-term prospects), while the latter reported a steep downturn. Both healthcare services and pharmaceuticals & biotechnology placed among the worst four performers, leading output in their parent sector to fall at the quickest rate since mid-2013.
To focus on the extremities of the league table would mask an underlying trend across Europe, however, as manufacturers generally outperformed. Six out of the nine fastest-growing sectors were based in manufacturing, including beverages, hi-tech equipment and automobiles & auto parts. Only metals & mining and construction & engineering saw lower output among goods producers.
