Sept 5 Reuters German industrial orders unexpectedly rose in July due to large scale orders, the federal statistics office said on Thursday.

Orders rose in July by 2.9 on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis.

A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a fall of 1.5.

When large scale orders such as trains, ships and aircrafts are excluded, new orders in July were down 0.4 on the previous month. Large scale orders posted a 86.5 increase on the month.

The lessvolatile threemonth on threemonth comparison showed that new orders were 1.7 higher in the period from May to July than in the previous three months.

The statistics office also revised the data for June to a 4.6 increase on the month, up from a previous figure of 3.9.

New foreign orders rose by 5.1 on the month, while domestic orders remained unchanged, the statistics office said.

Reporting by Andrey Sychev and Maria Martinez, editing by Miranda Murray

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