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- HCOB’s preliminary composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to 49.9 this month from February’s 49.2, ahead of expectations in a Reuters poll for 49.7 but marking its tenth month below the 50 level separating growth from contraction.