Latest data released by Markit - 4 January 2019

  • Prior 54.0
  • Composite PMI 53.4 vs 53.7 expected
  • Prior 53.9

The services print holds steady compared to November but the composite reading dips after the softer manufacturing print seen earlier in the week here. Spain remains one of the brighter spots of the Eurozone economy and continues to show that periphery nations are not alike - as compared to Italy's economic situation.