Lithuania Retail Sales Growth Strengthens

(RTTNews) - Lithuania's retail sales growth strengthened in November after weakening in the previous month, preliminary data from the statistical office showed Tuesday.

Retail turnover increased a working-day adjusted 10.8 percent year-on-year after a 9.0 percent rise in October. In September, sales grew 11.3 percent.

Food product sales increased 2.2 percent and sales of non-food products surged 18.1 percent. Automotive fuel sales climbed 9.9 percent.

Compared to the previous month, the retail turnover rose a seasonally and working-day adjusted 1.5 percent in November.