Sectoral confidence up in November

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency

Confidence in Turkey's services sector posted an increase in November compared to last month, while the key sectors of retail trade and construction inched down, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Nov. 25.

"Seasonally adjusted confidence index which was 90.7 for services in October increased by 0.7% in November to 91.3," TÜİK said.

The retail trade confidence index stood at 101.2 this month, down 1.1% from 102.3 last month.

The seasonally adjusted construction confidence index -- 65.1 last month -- decreased in November to 63.9, according to TÜİK.

"In the construction sector, the current overall order books index decreased by 8.1% to 44.5 while total employment expectation index increased by 1.7% to 83.3 compared to the previous month," it added.

Sectoral confidence indices calculated from the monthly survey results are evaluated within a range of 0-200.

The indices indicate an optimistic outlook when the value is above 100, and a pessimistic outlook when it is below.

TÜİK will release the next sectoral confidence figures on Dec. 25.