Consumer confidence up, business confidence down - Istat. Consumer confidence index increased from 96.4 to 97.0 in February, continuing a series of rises that began in November.

But Istat's business confidence index IESI (Istat EconomicSentiment Indicator) fell from 97.9 to 95.8. The agency stressed that, despite the drop,Business confidence remained in line with the average for the last six months. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA.