Although the rate of output growth eased slightly, it remained among the fastest registered over the past six-and-a-half years, while the pace of job creation was the best in over a decade. Both were underpinned by the strongest inflows of new business since April 2011.

The final IHS Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index posted 56.0 in October, down from 56.7 in September, but above the earlier flash estimate of 55.9. The headline index has signalled expansion in each of the past 52 months