A growing sense of optimism was blunted by HSBC's latest China manufacturing PMI figure.
The survey, which is weighted towards smaller manufacturers, reported a reading of 50.3 in August, reversing three months of rises and down from 51.7 in July. In June it had hit 51, the first reading since December to surpass the 50 level that separates expansion from contraction.
The official PMI, which mainly surveys large, state-owned companies, hit 51.7 in July, up from 51 in June and the highest level since December, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
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