Business daily Napi Gazdaság, in cooperation with market-research company GfK, published its first index measuring the investment sentiment of Hungarian SMEs on Wednesday.

The index currently stands at -5.5 on a scale of -100 to +100, reflecting stagnating or slightly deteriorating investment environment.

Contributing factors in the index are HR expenditures, financial investments and developments, operating costs and the general economic environment, all detailed in sub-indices, GfK Director Ákos Kozák said.

Napi Gazdaság and GfK will publish the index every quarter.