Australia’s Retail Sales, a measure of the country’s consumer spending, rose 0.8% MoM in November, compared to an increase of 0.5% in October (revised from 0.6%), the official data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Thursday.

Australia’s trade surplus increased to 7,079M MoM in November versus 5,750M expected and 5,670M (revised from 5,953M) in the previous reading, according to the latest foreign trade data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.