Canada manufacturing improves further in April

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TORONTO (ICIS)--Conditions in Canada’s manufacturing sector improved for a second consecutive month in April, Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) said on Tuesday, citing findings from its latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey. The PMI rose to 52.2 points in April, from 51.5 in March. Readings of above 50.0 indicate an improvement in manufacturing. RBC conducts the PMI survey in cooperation with a market research firm.