April 5 (Reuters) - Italian retail sales fell 0.1% in
February from the month before, data showed on Wednesday,
following a 1.7% rise in January.
Sales rose 5.8% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in
February, ISTAT said.
The data are expressed in value terms and are not adjusted
for consumer prices, which increased 9.8% in February from the
year earlier, based on Italy's EU-harmonised index (HICP).
ISTAT gave the following data:
FEB JAN DEC
Mth/Mth change* -0.1 +1.7 -0.1r
Yr/yr change** +5.8 +6.0r +3.6
Food sales (m/m) -0.3 +2.2 +0.2r
Non-food sales (m/m) +0.1 +1.4 -0.5
*seasonally adjusted
**unadjusted
r=revised
(Reporting by Alessandro Parodi; editing by Antonella Cinelli)
