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French stock market index up 2.28 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, October 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The French stock market benchmark index CAC 40 finished the trading day with an advance of 2.28 percent to close at 4,802.18 on Thursday, up 107.08 points.

With the possibility that the European Central Bank will reinforce its quantitive easing policy, the CAC 40 of Paris closed higher on Thursday with 38 of the 40 selected stocks gaining advance.

The top three gainers on Thursday were Orange, which soared 7.54 percent, Pernod Ricard, which shot up 5.22 percent, and LVMH, up 4.49 percent.

The only two companies whose stocks dropped on Thursday were Publicis Groupe, which plummetted 7.03 percent, and Safran, down 0.62 percent.

In the previous trading day, the CAC 40 closed with an advance of 0.46 percent to close at 4,695.10, up 21.29 points. Enditem