Spain retail sales rise 14.9% y/y in March

(Reuters) – Spanish retail sales rose 14.9% in March from a year earlier on a calendar-adjusted basis, compared with a 6.1% contraction in February, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday.

The February figure was revised from a preliminary 5.9% contraction, INE said.

(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez, Editing by Inti Landauro)