Business Inventories, Sales Increase

Business inventories rose 0.4% in April, following a 0.7% gain the previous month, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Sales rose 0.6%, Commerce said. Economists had forecast inventories to rise 0.5%, Bloomberg reported.

Factory inventories rose 0.5%, while wholesale stockpiles gained 0.4%.

When sales are growing, it usually means trucking is seeing additional demand to deliver goods and restock shelves.