At 59.7, the IHS Markit Flash France Composite Output Index signalled a rate of expansion that was broadly unchanged from the prior survey period and only just shy of November's six-and-a-half year peak (60.3).

Encouragingly, the expansion was broad-based across both the manufacturing and services sectors. A fractional pick-up in the rate of increase at service providers was partially offset by a slight moderation at their manufacturing counterparts. The rates of growth remained historically marked in each case nonetheless.