HONG KONG, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's December retail
sales rose 1.1% from a year earlier as economic sentiment
improved alongside with further relaxation of social distancing
measures, government data showed on Friday.
Sales increased to HK$33.7 billion ($4.3 billion). That
compared with a revised 4.1% decline in November.
In volume terms, retail sales decreased 0.7% year-on-year in
December. That compared with a revised 5.3% decrease in
November.
($1 = 7.8463 Hong Kong dollars)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu; Editing by Alex
Richardson)
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