Manufacturing PMI in expansion zone for 1st time in a year

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 2 - The Hcob Italy Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose above the 50-points threshold, marking a return to expansion from contraction, for the first time in a year in March.
    The index climbed from 48.7 points in February to 50.4 in March.
    (ANSA).