Norway Retail Sales Grow For Second Month

(RTTNews) - Norway's retail sales grew for the second month in a row in February, figures from Statistics Norway showed on Friday.

Retail sales rose 2.0 percent month-on-month in February, following a 0.5 percent increase in January.

The latest growth was driven by a rise in sales of cultural and recreation goods and other household equipment.

Excluding motor vehicles and gas stations, retail sales increased 2.2 percent monthly in February, ,following a 0.5 percent rise in the preceding month.

On a year-on-year basis, retail sales grew 2.0 percent in February, after a 1.7 percent fall in the prior month.