Details from the August 2015 UK Markit construction PMI data report 2 September 2015

  • Prior 57.1

Slightly less than expected but up on July

Housing activity led the index higher rising to 59.0 from 57.7 in July

Markit economists say that commercial work was also up but civil engineering project "remained in the doldrums"

All that makes no odds to cable which is has just dropped to 1.5282 after trying 1.5300