Dutch Producer Confidence Strengthens In December

(RTTNews) - Dutch manufacturers' sentiment improved notably in December, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The producer confidence index came in at 2.5, up from 0.3 in November.

Manufacturers' opinion on their stocks of finished products improved, while their expectations on future output were less optimistic than in November.

Further, the value of orders received by manufacturers increased in December. The order position index rose to 102.6 from 102. Manufacturers' expectations on future employment did not change much in December relative to November.