Canada Factory Sales Drop 0.4% in July, First Fall in Six Months — Update

By Robb M. StewartOTTAWA--Canadian manufacturing activity retreated in July, denting a run of improving sales in recent months.The value of factory shipments declined 0.4% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted 78.71 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of about US$56.75 billion, Statis…