1.8% September rise in United States Durable Goods Orders exceeds 0.6% forecast

September's increase in US Durable Goods Orders exceeded market expectations.
Above 102.00, the US Dollar Index holds on to modest daily gains.

US new orders for manufactured Durable Goods increased 1.8% in September. The rise of $6.3 billion brought orders to $345.4 billion, according to Tuesday's report from the US Census Bureau. Following August's 0.1% decline, the increase exceeded the market forecast of 0.6%.

The press release stated: "Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.5%," adding: "Excluding defense, new orders increased 2.2%. Transportation equipment, up two of the last three months, led the increase, $5.2 billion or 4.6% to $119.8 billion."

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Dollar holds gains

With no notable market response to the report, the US Dollar (USD) Index stood at 102.18 at press time, a daily gain of 0.15%.

US Dollar Performance Today

Against the major currencies listed below, the US Dollar (USD) recorded its strongest performance versus the Euro today. The table sets out its percentage changes against each currency.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.21%	0.09%	0.17%	0.03%	-0.24%	-0.40%	0.10%
EUR	-0.21%		-0.11%	0.00%	-0.17%	-0.41%	-0.62%	-0.11%
GBP	-0.09%	0.11%		0.08%	-0.07%	-0.33%	-0.50%	0.00%
JPY	-0.17%	0.00%	-0.08%		-0.15%	-0.43%	-0.59%	-0.11%
CAD	-0.03%	0.17%	0.07%	0.15%		-0.27%	-0.44%	0.06%
AUD	0.24%	0.41%	0.33%	0.43%	0.27%		-0.16%	0.33%
NZD	0.40%	0.62%	0.50%	0.59%	0.44%	0.16%		0.51%
CHF	-0.10%	0.11%	-0.01%	0.11%	-0.06%	-0.33%	-0.51%

Percentage movements between major currencies are displayed in the heat map. Select the base currency in the left-hand column and the quote currency in the top row. For instance, following the US Dollar row horizontally to the Japanese Yen column gives the percentage change for USD (base)/JPY (quote) in the intersecting cell.