BRUSSELS (AFX) - The euro zone's economic sentiment indicator rose to 103.3 in December, from 103.2 in November, said the European Commission's monthly business and consumer survey. In the EU, the economic sentiment indicator rose to 103.4 from 103.1, the commission said. In the euro zone, the industrial confidence indicator was unchanged in December from a month earlier at 5, while the construction confidence indicator fell to minus 2 from minus 1, it said. The consumer confidence indicator rose to minus 1 from minus 3, it said. In the EU, the industrial confidence indicator rose to 4 from 3, construction fell to minus 2 from minus 1, and consumer confidence rose to nil from minus 2, it said. The highest rises in overall economic sentiment were in Austria, up 0.7 points, and in Belgium and Ireland, both up 0.5, it said. In industrial confidence, the sharpest rises were in Ireland and the UK, up 5 and 4 points respectively, while the sharpest fall was in Sweden, down 5, it said. In consumer confidence, there were rises in 13 of the 15 EU states, with the sharpest rises of 4 points in Spain, France, Ireland and Austria, it said.