Nov 6 Reuters German industrial orders rose more than expected in September thanks to largescale orders such as aircraft, ships, trains and military vehicles, according to data released on Wednesday.

Orders increased by 4.2 on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said.

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

When largescale orders are excluded, new orders were 2.2 higher than in the previous month.

The less volatile threemonth on threemonth comparison showed that total new orders rose by 4.2 in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, while new orders excluding largescale orders were down 0.6.

The statistics office also revised the data for August to a 5.4 decline compared with July, a less pronounced slump than the 5.8 previously reported.

Reporting by Maria Martinez and Louis van BoxelWoolf, Editing by Rachel More

Source Reuters