Growth in Kazakhstan services was sustained for a second successive month in April, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey data on the sector from S&P Global, released on May 6. The survey’s seasonally adjusted business activity index posted above the neutral 50.0 mark at 50.7 for April, down from 51.0 in March. Maryam Baluch, an economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: ‘Kazakh service firms registered gains at the start of the second quarter. Growth in new business and activity was sustained, albeit the rates of increase eased slightly from those seen in Mar…