Soft manufacturing weighs on French business growth in November - PMI

PARIS, (Reuters) - France's private sector struggled to keep up momentum in November as manufacturing activity softened in the face of falling new orders, a monthly survey showed on Friday.Data compiler IHS Markit said its preliminary composite purchasing managers index (PMI) fell marginally to 54.0 from 54.1 in October, slightly better than economists average forecast for 53.9 in a Reuters poll.Though overall business activity remained comfortably above the 50-point threshold between an..