Canada September wholesale trade up 0.7% on computer equipment
SPY•Canadian wholesale trade rose 0.7% in September from August, while sales fell 0.2% in volume terms. Machinery, equipment and supplies sales increased 3.6%.
SPY•SPY•SPY•Canadian wholesale trade rose 0.7% in September from August, while sales fell 0.2% in volume terms. Machinery, equipment and supplies sales increased 3.6%.
Canadian wholesale trade grew 0.7% in September from August, Statistics Canada said. Sales increased in five of seven subsectors, representing 68.1% of wholesale trade, and in seven of the ten provinces; sales fell 0.2% in volume terms.
Sales of machinery, equipment and supplies rose 3.6% month over month and 15.3% year over year. Overall wholesale trade was up 7.8% year over year, while analysts had forecast a 0.5% monthly increase.
