TABLE-Czech Oct business sentiment improves slightly

    Oct 26 (Reuters) - The Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) 
released on Thursday the following confidence indicators for 
October: 
 
CONFIDENCE INDICATORS            OCT 06    SEPT 06     OCT 05 
 Composite Indicator             105.9      104.9      101.2 
 Business Indicator              106.2      105.6      102.0 
  Industry                       106.1      104.2      102.9 
  Construction                   106.9      107.5      105.4 
  Trade                          100.9      100.9      101.2 
  Services                       107.0      107.5      100.7 
 Consumer Indicator              104.4      101.8       97.3 
 
CONFIDENCE INDICATORS            OCT 06    SEPT 06     OCT 05 
 Composite Indicator             +20.6      +19.6      +15.2 
 Business Indicator              +25.4      +24.7      +20.5 
  Industry                       +13.0      +11.0       +9.7 
  Construction                    +2.0       +2.5       +0.5 
  Trade                          +23.3      +23.3      +23.7 
  Services                       +46.3      +47.0      +37.7 
 Consumer Indicator               +1.3       -1.2       -5.6 
 
    NOTE. The indices listed in the top table were set at 100 
based on the 2005 annual average of the balance of responses in 
the statistical bureau's surveys. The second table shows the 
balance of responses in the bureau's business cycle surveys. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
 ((Editing by Alan Crosby and Gill Tudor; 
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  Keywords: ECONOMY CZECH CONFIDENCE