UK flash manufacturing PMI jumps to 10-month high

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The UK flash manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to a 10-month high of 51.9 in February, according to IHS Markit.

The rise defied market expectations of a fall to 49.7 from the 50.0 recorded in January.