Investor confidence declined in the Eurozone

Sentix, a Frankfurt-based consultancy company that conducts market research, announced the Euro Zone General Investor Confidence Index data for November.

According to the results of the survey conducted on 5-7 November 2026 with the participation of 1025 investors, 220 of which were corporate, the index, which was 2.7 points in October, decreased to 2.4 points in November, continuing its decline for the second month in a row.

The expectation in the markets was that the index would decrease to 2.1 points.

While investors' assessment of the current situation remained unchanged at minus 3.3 points compared to September, the Expectations Index, which measures their predictions for the next 6 months, dropped to 8.3 points, reaching its lowest level since June 2026.

Interest rates, oil prices and political uncertainties pressure the economy

Investors' negative assessments of the situation revealed that the Eurozone has not yet left its period of economic weakness behind.

It was stated that especially increasing interest rates, high crude oil prices and political uncertainties put pressure on the economic environment.

Sentix General Manager Patrick Hussy, in his assessment of the issue, pointed out that investors' doubts about a sustainable economic recovery in the Euro Zone are increasing and said, "This situation further overshadows the hopes for a sustainable recovery. The unstable situation in France, violent protests and the re-ignited expropriation debates in Berlin worry companies and investors."

First signs of recovery in the German economy

Despite the weak course of the Eurozone in general, the Sentix barometer for Germany rose to minus 3.3 points, with a slight recovery after the decline in October.

In Germany, in particular, the current situation assessment increased for the fifth time in a row, reaching minus 14 points and recording its highest level since May 2023.

Stating that the sub-index continues to remain in the negative region, Hussy evaluated: "Although the German economy has not yet achieved a definitive break, it is showing the first signs of stabilization."