KUALA LUMPURgenerationvipcasino, Auggenerationvipcasino. 8 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade sales value rose 5.4 percent year on year to 146 billion ringgit (32.6 billion U.S. dollars) in June, official data showed Thursday.

generationvipcasino|Malaysia's wholesale, retail trade sales rise 5.4 pct in June

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the growth was driven by the retail trade subsector, which rose 7.9 percent to 64.1 billion ringgit.

Wholesale trade went up by 4 percent to 64.9 billion ringgit, while that for motor vehicles grew 2 percent to 17 billion ringgit.

For monthly comparison, wholesale and retail trade experienced a slight decline of 1.3 percent from the previous month, due to a decrease for motor vehicles at 9.4 percent. (1 ringgit equals 0.22 U.S. dollars)■