The euro zone released its confidence figures for the month of September which generally where upbeat. The business climate indicator rose to 0.98, higher than the prior revised and expected readings of 0.76 from 0.77 and 0.79 respectively.
Consumer confidence was in line with expectations at -11, while economic confidence improved to 104.1 from 103.2 surpassing the expected reading of 103.5. Industrial confidence was flat rising from the previous revised -2 and the forecasted -1, while services confidence was unchanged at 8 above the expected 7.
