Canadian June 2019 retail sales data:
- Prior was -0.1% (revised to -0.2%)
- Ex autos +0.9% vs 0.0% exp
- Prior ex autos -0.3% (revised to -0.4%)
- Ex autos and gas +1.7% -- highest since 2017
- Q2 sales +1.2%
- Gas station sales -3.4%
- Building materials +6%
- Sales were down in 4 of 11 subsectors
- Full report
The Raptors playoff run wrapped up in June and that's getting some of the credit for the beat.