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2016.10.0421:30:00UTC+00Australia Retail Sales Gain 0.4% In August

The total value of retail sales in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent on month in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday - coming in at A$25.128 billion.

That beat forecasts for an increase of 0.2 percent following the flat reading in July.

Moving higher were cafes restaurants and takeaway food services (0.7 percent), Food retailing (0.2 percent), Clothing, footwear and personal accessories retailing (0.5 percent) and Other retailing (0.2 percent).

Household good retailing (-0.3 percent) and Department stores (-0.7 percent) fell in August.

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