India, Nov. 2 -- Sweden's industrial economy expanded at the fastest pace in more than for-and-a-half years in October, survey data from Swedbank and the logistics association SILF showed on Monday.

The purchasing managers' index for the manufacturing sector rose to 60.5 in October from 58.5 in September. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and is still above its historical average for the sixteenth consecutive month.

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