31/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - For the first time in five months, the Euro zone index of business confidence recorded a drop (-0.29 after having reached -0.24, its best level in the last year and a half), according to the data published on Friday by the European Commission. The Commission indicates that this development is due to the negative appreciation of production forecasts. The other components of the index remain stable (production, finish product stocks, order books). The Euro zone...