The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (MKIK) business confidence index rose to +16.8% in April from +10.4% in October, chamber chairman Laszlo Parragh said on Thursday.

Hungarian companies’ outlook improved, although there is still a high degree of uncertainty, Parragh said. Big, foreign-owned exporters are the most optimistic, while Hungarian-owned micro-businesses still have a negative outlook, he added.