A worker walks among steel coils at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

By Maria Martinez

BERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) - German industrial orders rose more than expected in October, but the increase was driven by large-scale orders, according to data released on Friday.

Orders rose by 1.5% on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said.

A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a rise of 0.4%.

Excluding big-ticket items, new orders were up 0.5% compared with the previous month.

The less-volatile three-month on three-month comparison showed that new orders in the period from August to October were 0.5% lower than in the previous three months.

After revision of the provisional data, new orders in September increased by 2.0% on August, instead of the preliminary figure of 1.1%.

(Additional reporting by Simon Ferdinand Eibach, Editing by MIranda Murray)