France's manufacturing confidence weakened in May on deteriorating global orders and personal production expectations, survey data from the statistical office INSEE showed on Thursday.
The manufacturing sentiment index dropped to 97 in May from 100 in April. The score was forecast to improve to 99.
The survey showed that the decrease in the climate mainly comes from the retreat in the balances of opinion on personal production prospects and on global order books.
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