Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing in September 2015 decreased a seasonally and working-day adjusted 1.7% on August 2015. 1.1% increase was forecasted. In August 2015, they decreased by 1.8% on July 2015, thus confirming the provisional result published in the previous month.
In September 2015, domestic orders decreased 0.6% and foreign orders 2.4% on the previous month. As regards the direction of trade in foreign transactions, new orders from the euro area were down 6.7% on the previous month, new orders from other countries increased 0.7%.
In September 2015 the manufacturers of intermediate goods recorded increases in new orders of 0.4% while the manufacturers of capital goods show decreases of 2.9% on the previous month. For consumer goods, a decrease in new orders of 0.4% was recorded.
Euro is currently being traded around 1.0870 area. Pair is likely to find support around 1.0850 handle and resistance above 1.09 level. Later today, in the US session,
Unemployment Claims figures are scheduled for a release.