The decline was broad-based with the euro zone's two biggest economies - Germany and France - both in contractionary territory and will likely add to fears the bloc will slip back into recession.
HCOB's flash Composite Purchasing Managers' Index for the euro area, compiled by S&P Global and seen as a good gauge of overall economic health, dropped to an eight-month low of 48.9 in July from June's 49.9. "The weakness was widespread across all sectors, but it was the manufacturing sector that posted another bad reading," said Paolo Grignani at Oxford Economics.
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