Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing had decreased in January 2016 a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.1% on December 2015. Analysts were expecting 0.4% increase. For December 2015, revision of the preliminary outcome resulted in a decrease of 0.2% compared with November 2015, particularly due to the subsequent report of a major order (primary —0.7%).
In January 2016, domestic orders decreased 1.6%, while foreign orders increased by 1.0% on the previous month. As regards the direction of trade in foreign transactions, new orders from the euro area were up 7.5% on the previous month, while new orders from other countries decreased 2.7%. In January 2016 the manufacturers of intermediate goods fell 4.0%, while the manufacturers of capital goods showed increases of 1.7% on the previous month. For consumer goods, an increase in new orders of 3.9% was recorded.
Euro is currently being traded few points above 1.0980 level. Pair is likely to find support around 1.0850 handle and resistance above 1.1050 level. There will be no major data releases later today.