FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - On an annual basis Japanese Preliminary Machine Tool Orders grew to 34.8% in July, following 34.6% registered in June, according to data released by the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association.

The indicator has shown a positive trend for the seventeenth consecutive month.

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