Canada Factory Sales Fall 0.6% in November From October

By Paul Vieira

OTTAWA--Canadian manufacturing sales dropped for the first time in three months in November, weighed down by weaker demand for automotive and aerospace products.

Canadian factory shipments declined 0.6% in November from October to a seasonally adjusted 53.66 billion Canadian dollars, or the equivalent to $42.05 billion, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Market expectations were for a 0.1% increase, according to economists at Bank of Nova Scotia.

The prior month's data were revised downward, and now indicate sales rose by 0.2% in October versus the earlier estimate of a 0.3% increase.

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01-19-21 0900ET