UK retail sales including auto and fuel rose 0.4% mom, 4.0% yoy in February, much better than expectation of -0.4% mom, 3.3% yoy. Retail sales excluding auto and fuel rose 0.2% mom, 4.0% yoy, also much better than expectation of -0.4% mom, 3.5% yoy.
Reactions from Sterling is muted as focuses are on BoE rate decision and EU summit in Brussels.