Malaysia's retail sales growth accelerated for the first time in three months in December, data from the statistical office showed on Tuesday.
The value of retail sales logged an annual growth of 6.9 percent in December, faster than the 6.4 percent rise in November. Meanwhile, economists had expected the growth to ease to 6.0 percent.
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