Business confidence in Singapore’s manufacturing sector came in at 5 in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting renewed optimism after a reading of -6 in the previous quarter. A notable improvement in sentiment was observed in the chemicals sector, which increased to -7 from -22 in the first quarter of 2025. The biomedical manufacturing sector also showed a less pessimistic outlook, improving to -4 from -8. Additionally, sentiment in precision engineering edged up to 4 from 2, while sentiment in the electronics industry turned positive, recovering to 17 from -9. In contrast, sentiment remained neutral in both the transport engineering and general manufacturing industries, following previous readings of 14 and 4, respectively.