Brussels, 05/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The business confidence indicator in the eurozone rose again in January for the second month in a row to 99 from 98.9 points in December, according to the statistics published by the European Commission on Monday. Business confidence in the fifteen countries of the European Union as a whole rose to 99.3 from 98.9. The Commission commented that the changes in business confidence in January seem to confirm the end of the negative cycle that started in the last quarter of 2000. The positive signals are due to the business world since the sub-indicator for industry rose by three points. Confidence rose sharply in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Austria and Ireland, and only fell in Spain and Portugal. Consumer confidence in the eurozone, however, has ebbed, falling by a point over the month, after a rise of two points in December. It remained stable, however, in the big eurozone economies - Germany, France and Italy.