(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 10 feb - US retail sales in December, seasonally and workday adjusted, were unchanged from the previous month at 735.0 billion dollars and were up 2.4% year on year, according to preliminary data released by the US Census Bureau.

Expectations were for sales to rise 0.4% month on month.

The October to November percent change was unrevised from up.

0.6%.

(RADIOCOR) 10-02-26 14:38:43 (0504) 5 NNNN