Import prices to rise by 0.2% in the March / March

Import prices to rise by 0.2% in the March / March

US import prices rose for the first time in ten months in March, while exports remained unchanged, according to the official data showed on Tuesday.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a report that import prices rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% last month, compared with expectations for a gain of 1.0%. Import prices fell by 0.4% in February, revised from the preliminary reading of a 0.3% decline.

Export and remained unchanged in March / March, after nine consecutive months of decline. That was better than expected to decline 0.2% of after a decline of 0.4% in the previous month.

The circulation of the euro / dollar at 1.1402 from 1.1395 before the data, while the GBP / USD, while the dollar / yen trading 108.25 from 108.31 traded at 1.4270 from 1.4272 earlier, earlier.

The circulation of the dollar index, which measures the strength of the Dollar against a basket of six major currencies, was at 93.97, compared with 94.02 before the report.

At the same time, futures indicated the US equities to higher trading ahead of the opening, which rose each of the Dow Jones 30 Index futures rose 31 points, or the equivalent of 0.17%, while the S & P 500 index rose 6 points, or the equivalent of 0.27%, while the Nasdaq 100 index rose 12 points, or the equivalent of 0.26%.

Elsewhere, in the commodities market, the price of gold traded at $ 1.263.00 an ounce, compared with US $ 1.261.70 per ounce before the data,

While crude oil prices have risen at $ 40.73 a barrel from 40.52 dollars a barrel earlier.