Retail sales fall 1.1% in December; November sales loweredCore retail sales drop 0.7%; November sales unrevisedManufacturing production tumbles 1.3%; November...
Key eventsHere are the other snaps from across Europe’s stock markets, via Reuters: EUROPE’S STOXX 600 UP 0.2% EURO ZONE BLUE CHIPS UP 0.4% FRANCE’S CAC 40 UP 0.3% SPAIN’S IBEXUP 0.1% GERMANY’S DAX UP 0.3% The UK’s FTSE 100 benchmark index is off to a positive start this week. It’s up 0.2% at 7,786 points.Remember, the FTSE 100 is not too far off its all-time high. That is mainly thanks to its contingent of banks and oil companies, who have benefited in the past 12 months while growth stocks...