Turkish economic confidence index rises to 84.7 in April

ISTANBUL: Turkey's economic confidence index rose to 84.7 points in April, up 3.4 percent from a month earlier, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Monday.

The index points to an optimistic economic outlook when above 100 and a pessimistic one when below 100. In March the index stood at 81.9 points, and it has risen three months in a row.