Good morning! Here are 10 major stories in markets today. German retail sales blew the doors off. Sales smashed expectations, rising 5.3% year-on-year in January. Sales had risen 4% year-on-year in December, and analysts were expecting a 2.7% jump year-on-year for January. Russia and Ukraine have a tentative gas deal. Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement late Monday to ensure natural gas supplies to war-torn Ukraine for the month of March, averting possible cuts that could have hit supplies to the European Union. Moscow had been threatening to turn off the taps to Ukraine on Tuesday unless it …read more
Source: Business Insider
