Aug consumer, business confidence down (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, August 29 - Consumer confidence dropped from 111.2 in July to 109.2 in August while business confidence dropped from 103 to 99.4 points in the same period, Istat national statistics bureau said Monday. The survey is the first since the July 14 Islamist terrorist attack in the French city of Nice, in which over 80 people were killed and more than 300 injured.
    The sharpest drop in business confidence was in the market services sector (from 108.3 to 102.4) and in retail sales (from 101.3 to 97.1 points). Manufacturing remained more optimistic (from 102.9 to 101.1 points), as did construction (down from 126.2 to 123.5 points).