U.K. retail sales increased marginally in June as food sales recovered from the prior month, data from the Office for National Statistics showed Thursday.
Retail sales including auto fuel rose 0.1 percent in June from May, when it dropped 0.5 percent. Sales were expected to grow by 0.3 percent.
However, excluding auto fuel, sales were down by 0.1 percent. Economists had expected sales to rise 0.3 percent after falling 0.5 percent in May.
Predominantly food store sales rose 0.3 percent, while non-food store sales fell 0.7 percent in June.
On a yearly basis, growth in retail sales volume including auto fuel, slowed slightly to 3.6 percent from 3.7 percent in May. Excluding auto fuel, sales growth fell to 4 percent from 4.5 percent.
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