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OS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's core machinery orders, closely watched as an indicator of capital spending, plunged 19.5% during May, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. The result -- which CNBC reported was the biggest on record -- confounded expectations for a rise of 0.9%, according to a Wall Street Journal/Nikkei survey of economists. Core machinery orders, which exclude volatile orders for ships and power-plant equipment, had fallen 9.1% in April after gaining 19.1% in March. The Japanese yen USDJPY -0.10% was little changed after the data release, though Singapore-traded Nikkei Stock Average JP:NIK -0.08% futures were up 0.2%, paring an initial gain of 0.4%.