Slovenia's sentiment index improved slightly in July from the previous month, final figures from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia showed Monday.

The seasonally adjusted economic sentiment index, which combines both business tendency and consumer surveys, rose 1.0 percentage points from June to 1. In the same month last year, the reading was -14.

Among the sub-indicators, the manufacturing confidence indicator was 1.0 percentage point higher than from the previous month to 7. Both the current situation and expectation measures improved. The quarterly capacity utilization rose by 1.1 percentage points to 81 percent in July.

Confidence in the retail trade sector also advanced 10 percentage points from June to 12, while dropped 2 percentage points from last year. Construction and service sector confidence also improved 1 percentage points each from the previous month in July.

Meanwhile, the consumer confidence indicator improved for the third successive month in July. The corresponding index rose by 0.3 points to -19, as consumers are more optimistic about the financial situation of their households, the level of unemployment, savings, and the general economic situation over the next 12 months.

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