The Economic Sentiment Indicator increased to 97.4 points at the end of September, from 95.6 a month earlier, the Commission said in its latest business and consumer survey.
Confidence in the Romanians services sector rose 3.2 points to 6.2 in September, while industry confidence improved to minus 1.9 points, from minus 3.2 points at the end of August.
Consumer confidence increased 1.5 points on the month to minus 34.6, but confidence in the retail trade and construction sectors declined by 3.4 and 0.5 points, respectively.
In the EU, the economic sentiment indicator increased for the fifth straight month to 100.6 points in September, from 98.1 points in August.
Business sentiment in the euro area rose 1.6 points to 96.9, driven by improved confidence across all business sectors.