Industry confidence rises 0.4 point in April compared with March, points the FGV

The industry confidence index (ICI) established in the April poll had an advance of 0.4 point relative to the result closed March to 97.6 points, reported on Monday, 22, the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). The Current Situation index (ISA) advanced 1.0 point to 98.1 points in April, while the Expectations index (IE) retreated 0.2 point compared to March, to 97.2 points. The Capacity utilization (Nuci) industry showed a fall of 0.3 percentage point when compared to the level of March, from 74.7% to 74.4% in April, according to the FGV. The preview of the results of the industry Survey covers the query to 782 companies between 1st and April 16. The end result of the research will be published in the next day 29.