South Korea Business Sentiment Improves In July

(RTTNews) - Business sentiment in South Korea's manufacturing sector strengthened in July, the latest survey from the Bank of Korea showed on Thursday with an index score of 57.0 - up from 51.0 in June.

The outlook for the following month also rose by 9 points to 60.0.

In the non-manufacturing sector, the BSI on business conditions for July 2020 was 62, up 2 points from the previous month, and that for the outlook for the following month also rose by 1 point to 60.

The Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) - a composite of the BSI and the CSI (Consumer Survey Index) - for July 2020 was 69.5, up 6.4 points from June 2020.