MW:Euro-zone growth slows to 0.2% in second quarter
By Polya Lesova
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The euro zone's gross domestic product grew 0.2% in the second quarter compared with the preceding three months, Eurostat said Tuesday. The figures were below expectations for 0.3% growth quarter-on-quarter and mark a slowdown from the 0.8% rise seen in the first quarter. Compared to the second quarter of 2010, euro-zone GDP rose 1.7% in the April-June quarter.
