LONDON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Britain's manufacturing industry continued the upturn trend in February, with production growth rate reaching a 17-month high, data from the S&P Global showed on Monday.
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) has signalled expansions in each of the past four months, and manufacturing production rose for the fifth consecutive month. S&P Global attributed the output increase to higher intakes of new business and a modest improvement in client confidence.
