The final reading of the consumer confidence report for February was released earlier this morning from the Eurozone. Consumer confidence and investor sentiment deteriorated last year and turned quite negative, as the Eurozone economy slowed down, although they have been increasing in recent months. Investor sentiment has turned positive, but the consumer confidence remains negative still. Below is the report with the components:

• Eurozone February final consumer confidence -6.6 vs -6.6 prelim
• Economic confidence 103.5 vs 102.8 expected
• Industrial confidence -6.1 vs -7.2 expected
• Business climate indicator -0.20 vs -0.25 expected
• Services confidence 11.2 vs 11.0 expected