German retail sales data for February was released today at 7:00 am BST. Report was expected to show a 0.5% MoM increase as well as 5.1% YoY drop in retail sales. However, actual data turned out to be much worse than expected with monthly data showing a 1.3% drop and annual data showing 7.0% YoY plunge. DE30 ticked lower following the release while EURUSD saw a minor uptick.
DE30 dipped after miss in German retail sales. Source: xStation5