Sydney News - (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-03 00:45 Australia service sector index inches up to 39.9 (Interactive Investor)

SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - Activity in Australia's service sector continued to contract in May, though the outlook for employment brightened to its best in eight months, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Australian Industry Group (AiG)-Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index (PSI) rose a bare 0.1 points to 39.9 in May. That was the fourth month of improvement but still left the index ...


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