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French stock market index up 0.29 pct

Xinhua, July 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The French stock market benchmark index CAC 40 gained a slight advance of 0.29 percent to close at 5,047.24 points on Wednesday, up 14.77 points.

With investors staying cautious before Athens' vote on its new bailout plan, the CAC 40 of Paris closed slightly higher on Wednesday with 27 of the 40 selected companies gaining advance.

The top three gainers on Wednesday were EDF, up 2.66 percent, Bouygues, up 1.43 percent, and Veolia Environnement, up 1.31 percent.

The three companies whose stocks dropped most on Wednesday were Schneider Electric, down 2.14 percent, Technip, down 1.14 percent, and Kering, down 0.94 percent.

In the previous trading day, the CAC 40 gained a slight advance of 0.69 percent to close at 5,032.47 points, up 34.37 points. Endit