Mubasher: Growth in the UK's dominant services sector slowed in November from October’s six-month high.
The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) recorded 53.8 points in November, down from 55.6 points in October.
Analysts had expected the PMI to register 55.2 points on November, according to date by IHS Markit.
Despite the slowdown in the sector’s growth, the price charged to customers levelled up at fastest pace since February 2008, the data showed.
By 9:50 am GMT, the sterling pound inched down against the US dollar by 0.5% to $1.3416.
