Sentiment worsens amid rises in resource prices


FILE PHOTO: Commuters wearing masks to avoid contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk on a zebra crossing in Seoul, South Korea, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL: South Korea’s business sentiment edged down in November due to increased prices of raw materials and energy, a local think tank said.

The business survey index (BSI) of the country’s top 600 companies by sales stood at 100.6, down by 2.8 percentage points from 103.4 in October, the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) data showed.

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