Activity in the Brazilian civil construction segment declined from 36.6 points in February 2015 to 35.2 points in February this year, in a scale from zero to 100, in which values above 50 show growth.
According to information released this week by the nation’s confederation of industry, CNI, the level of activity in the segment rose in the month-on-month analysis from 33.6 points in January.
The utilization of the industry’s capacity in February totaled 56 points, same as in January, but well below the 60 points reached in February 2015.
The indicator that measures the number of job positions in the segment increased from 33.8 points in January to 35.5 points in February, but declined when compared to the 36.4 points reported in February 2015.