By Ovunc Kutlu
ANKARA (AA) - Wholesale inventories in the US rose 0.6% in September to $918.5 billion, according to Commerce Department figures released on Wednesday.
The figure, which measures the change in the total value of goods held in inventory by wholesalers, was expected to show a rise of 0.8% from the previous month.
The figure in August was revised to $913.5 billion for a monthly gain of 1.4%.
Wholesale trade sales, also known as the total sales of merchant wholesalers, also posted an increase of 0.4% to $699.9 billion in September.
The figure came in line with market expectation, while it rose 0.1% in August on a monthly basis.