The country’s manufacturing sector remained sluggish last month, an IHS Markit/ Nikkei survey found, with new order growth the weakest in seven months.

Survey results released on Friday showed the seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) hit a six-month low of 51.9 in February — the lowest since August 2018 — from 52.3 in January.

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