Toyota Motor Corp's global vehicle sales rose 5 per cent in October to about

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640,000 units, marking the first year-on-year increase in 15

months, the world's biggest automaker said on Wednesday.

Last month, Toyota's sales in its biggest market, the United States, fell 3.5 per cent, but grew 15 per cent in Japan and 45 percent in China. Toyota executives had said sales in the United States would likely start picking up around October due to easier comparisons from the year before, when sales began to tank after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Toyota's shares were littled changed on the news, down 1.1 per cent at 3,530 yen in late afternoon trade, in line with Tokyo's TOPIX index.