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Bullish industry lifts eurozone confidence

By Stanley Pignal in Brussels

Published: October 29 2009 12:01 | Last updated: October 29 2009 14:33

Eurozone economic confidence rose for the seventh consecutive month, beating market expectations and rising to its highest level in more than a year.

The European Commission’s “economic sentiment” indicator jumped from 82.8 in September to 86.2 this month, an unexpectedly large increase after sluggish growth last month.

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