Wholesale inventories rose 0.5% in September in the United States, after an increase of 1% in August, according to the Commerce Department. Economists generally provided a similar increase.

On an annual basis, wholesale inventories rose by 15%.

Wholesale sales emerged were down 0.1% after an increase symmetrically in August. Over one year, they increased by 11.9% in September.

The ratio of sales of stocks in September 2011 stood at 1.15, as against 1.15 and 1.18 the previous month a year earlier.