The business sentiment for September remains on the gloomy side.
According to the Federation of Korean Industries on Wednesday, the business survey index of the nation's top 600 companies for September was firmly in pessimistic territory with 95.
After hitting a cautiously 102.3 in May, the figure has been below 100 for four straight months, meaning pessimists outnumbered optimists.
But the figure marked an uptick from August.