The manufacturing sector in the euro area in June recorded its slowest growth in four months, show the final results of the investigation Markit.
PMI final Markit purchasing managers stood at 55.6 in June, a level consistent with the flash estimate and slightly lower than the 55.8 for the month of May
It is still the ninth straight month that the index is above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction.
The component output was revised down slightly from the initial estimate, to 57.2 against 57.3 but above 56.8 for the month of May
"The second quarter will certainly be a peak growth rate of manufacturing output with the expected slowdown in growth in the months to come," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
He said that manufacturing in the euro area had found that 40% of its level before the recession.