Italy July industrial sales up 5.5 pct yr-on-yr, orders up 8.0 pct

Italian industrial sales rose 5.5 pct year-on-year in July, while orders rose 8.0 pct, according to the statistics office ISTAT.
Domestic sales rose 5.5 pct and foreign ones increased 5.7 pct, while orders from home climbed 10.6 pct and those from abroad rose 2.9 pct.
On an adjusted basis, industrial sales fell 2.5 pct in July from June and orders rose 1.2 pct.