German Retail Sales climb 2.5% YoY in November vs. 1.9% expected

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Germany's Retail Sales fell 0.6% MoM in November after declining 1.5% in October, the official data released by Destatis showed on Wednesday.

Annually, Retail Sales in the Eurozone's top economy rose by 2.5% in November versus 1.9% expected and 1.0% in October.

EUR/USD reaction to the German data

Mixed German data serves negative for the Euro, driving EUR/USD slightly lower at around 1.0345, flat on the day, as of writing.

Euro PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of Euro (EUR) against listed major currencies today. Euro was the weakest against the Canadian Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.00%	-0.03%	0.05%	-0.07%	0.02%	-0.01%	0.03%
EUR	-0.00%		-0.03%	0.05%	-0.07%	0.02%	-0.01%	0.03%
GBP	0.03%	0.03%		0.10%	-0.04%	0.05%	0.02%	0.07%
JPY	-0.05%	-0.05%	-0.10%		-0.12%	-0.04%	-0.07%	-0.02%
CAD	0.07%	0.07%	0.04%	0.12%		0.08%	0.06%	0.09%
AUD	-0.02%	-0.02%	-0.05%	0.04%	-0.08%		-0.02%	0.01%
NZD	0.01%	0.00%	-0.02%	0.07%	-0.06%	0.02%		0.04%
CHF	-0.03%	-0.03%	-0.07%	0.02%	-0.09%	-0.01%	-0.04%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/USD (quote).

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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