Consumer confidence in the U.S. improved modestly in May after declining sharply in April, the Conference Board revealed in a report released on Tuesday.

The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose to 95.4 in May from a downwardly revised 94.3 in April.

Economists had expected the consumer confidence index to dip to 95.0 from the 95.2 originally reported for the previous month.

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