(MENAFN) Surveys showed that manufacturing sector in China and Japan returned to growth in June after months of decline, while it fell unexpectedly in France's business activity, The Peninsula Qatar reported.
China's targeted stimulus measures and Japan's improving labor market supported domestic demand in Asia's dominant economies, but the gap between the common currency area's big two remains wide.
Germany and France went their separate ways again, with German business activity expanding robustly, albeit at a slower pace than last month, while France's private sector shrank at the fastest rate in four months.
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