BEIJING: China's manufacturing activity shrank more than first reported in May, HSBC said Monday, confirming the first contraction in seven months.

The British banking giant's final purchasing managers' index (PMI) reading for May came in at 49.2, the bank said in a press release, the lowest for eight months and worse than the preliminary 49.6 announced on May 23.

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