BRUSSELS (AFX) - Retail sales in the euro zone in June rose 0.6 pct from their level in May, giving a 2.1 pct rise from a year earlier, said the EU's Eurostat statistical service. In the EU, the monthly rise was 0.3 pct and the annual rise 2.5, it said. In the euro zone, retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco rose on a monthly basis by 0.9 pct; textile, clothing and footware were down 0.9; and household goods were up 0.4, it said. On an annual basis, food, drinks and tobacco were up 2.0 pct; textiles, clothing and footwear up 1.3; and household goods up 0.7, it said. By countries, the sharpest monthly rises were in Spain, up 1.4 pct, Finland, up 0.7, Belgium and Ireland 0.6, and Luxembourg and Sweden 0.5, it said. There were falls in Austria, down 0.9 pct, Denmark 0.7, Portugal 0.4, Germany 0.2, and UK 0.1, it said. On an annual basis, sharpest rises were Ireland 8.4 pct, Finland 6.2, Spain 4.8, Belgium 4.7, UK 4.5, and Luxembourg 3.4, it said. There were falls in Germany of 1.3 pct, Italy 1.1 and Portugal 0.3, it said.