Eurozone retailers recorded a rise in like-for-like sales for the third time in as many months during June. Growth was driven by sharp expansions in France and Germany, although another decline in Italy continued weigh on overall growth.

The headline IHS Markit Eurozone Retail PMI - which tracks the month-on-month changes in like-forlike retail sales in the bloc‟s biggest three economies combined - rose to 53.2 in June, from 52.0 in May. The latest reading signalled the sharpest rate of growth in just shy of two years.