The euro area faces the most pessimistic investor sentiment of the past five years

Investor sentiment in the euro area fell to the lowest value of the past five years, according to a study released on Monday by the Sentix Economic Research Institute in Berlin.

In its monthly Sentix survey, created with the participation of around 930 investors and financial analysts, the Eurozone investor sentiment index for August decreased to minus 13.7 points from the 5.8 points of the previous month. It is the lowest since October 2014. (MTI)