Euro-zone April retail sales fall 1%

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch)
The volume of retail sales in the 17-nation euro zone fell by 1% in April, the European Union statistics agency, Eurostat, reported Tuesday
Compared to the same month last year, sales fell by 2.5%
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a monthly decline of 0.2% and a 1.1% year-on-year fall