Eurozone investor confidence hits one-year high.

Investor confidence in the eurozone has moved into positive territory for the first time in a year, as economic expectations rose solidly and sentiment in Germany improved markedly.

Source: Sharecast

The Sentix Investor Confidence Index, which measures sentiment levels among financial analysts and institutional investors, jumped to +0.2 in June, from -8.1 in May, marking the first positive reading since June 2024.

This was comfortably ahead of the consensus forecast of -6.0.

The Current Situation Index was still negative, but rose to -13.0 from -19.3, while the Expectations Index surged to 14.3 from 3.8, as macro concerns related to the ongoing tariff war with the US eased.

Investor sentiment in Germany also improved, with the headline confidence gauge rising to -5.9 – its highest since March 2022.

"This morning saw a welcome rise in the eurozone Sentix investor confidence survey," Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets.

"Set against a backdrop of European stock-market gains that have seen habitual record highs for the DAX, it comes as no surprise to see particular strength in the German metrics."

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