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Italian consumer and business confidence drop further

By ANSA

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 29 - Istat said Wednesday that its consumer and business confidence indices were both down for the third consecutive month in April. The national statistics agency said its consumer-confidence index declined from 92.6 to 90.8 points while its IESI index of business sentiment fell from 97.3 to 95.2 points. The biggest drops were in the market services and construction sectors, with their respective indices falling from 102.6 to 99.1, and from 103.6 to 100.9. (ANSA). Read art...