2012-07-26cnbc.com

Orders jumped 1.6 percent as demand for aircraft gained, according to the Commerce Department. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast orders to climb 0.4 percent after a previously reported 1.3 percent-gain in May. Excluding transportation, however, orders dropped 1.1 percent, logging the biggest slide since January.

But pending home sales slipped 1.4 in June to 99.3, according to the National Association of Realtors.



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