US DATA: Apr durable goods orders -3.6%, below the -2.6% expected,
with widespread declines in every category except computers and
electronics +0.7%. Mar durable goods orders were revised down to -4.4%
from the prev reported -4.1%. Transportation orders -9.5%, durables
excluding transportation new orders -1.5%. Nondefense aircraft orders
-30.0%, motor vehicles orders -4.5%, defense aircraft orders -8.9%.
Defense capital goods orders -5.8%, nondefense capital goods -7.3% and
nondefense capital goods excluding aircrafts, -2.6%. Shipments -1.0%,
inventories +0.9%, unfilled orders +0.2%.