Tue, 05 Jul 2016 11:51:23 GMT
Euro zone retail sales pick up in May
Fresh figures from Eurostat showed that Euro zone retail sales grew 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis in May, meeting analysts' expectations and surpassing the 0.0% growth rate seen in the previous month. On an annual seasonally adjusted basis, retail sales rose 1.6% compared to April's 1.4%, whereas analysts anticipated an increase to 1.7%.