Eurozone economic sentiment weakened slightly in March due to lower confidence in industry, retail trade and construction, survey results from the European Commission showed on Thursday.
The economic confidence index unexpectedly fell to 99.3 in March from 99.6 in February. The score was forecast to rise to 99.8.
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