The Real Sector Confidence Index (RSCI) increased by 1.2 points to 109.7 in April, compared to the previous month, according to a survey by the Central Bank conducted with 1,725 companies operating in the manufacturing industry.
The overall orders in the last three months, fixed investment expenditures, the general course of business and the current stock of finished goods raised the index, while the current overall orders, the production, total employment and planned export orders for the next three months adversely affected the index.
The seasonally adjusted RSCI declined by 0.5 points to 107.7 in the same period.
