French manufacturers' sentiment weakened slightly in October reflecting the deterioration in personal production expectations, survey results from the statistical office INSEE showed on Thursday. The manufacturing sentiment index dropped to 98 in October from 99 in September. The score was forecast to remain unchanged at 99.0.
The assessment of past production weakened to the lowest since July 2020, with the index falling to -11 in October from -6 in the previous month.
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