Japan's machine tool orders increased for the fifth straight month in February, though at a slower pace compared to the previous two months, preliminary data from the Japan Machine Tool Builders Association, or JMTBA, showed on Tuesday.
Machine tool orders climbed 3.5 percent year-on-year in February, following a 4.7 percent rise in the previous month. Meanwhile, economists had expected a stable increase of 4.7 percent.
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