Australia PMIs (preliminary, April) Manufacturing 59.6 (prior 56.8) & Services 58.6 (prior 55.5)

Australia Markit preliminary PMIs for April

Manufacturing 59.6, this is a record high for the indicator and its 11th in in a row showing expansion

• prior 56.8

Services 58.6, ditto, record high for services also, 10th consecutive expansion

• prior 55.5

Composite 58.8

• prior 55.5

The 'final' read for these will be published from next week. If these levels are confirmed (any difference will likely be very small regardless) its more positive data from Australia.