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Paris CAC 40 index gains 1.26 pct

Xinhua, December 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

French stock market index, the CAC 40, gained 1.26 percent and closed at 4,631.94 points on Tuesday.

The CAC 40 of Paris closed higher on Tuesday with 31 of the 40 selected companies experiencing increase.

The top three gainers on Tuesday were Societe Generale, up 5.76 percent, BNP Paribas, up 5.15 percent, and Credit Agricole, up 3.87 percent.

The three companies of which stock prices dropped most were Technip, down 1.04 percent, Airbus Group, down 0.80 percent, and Sodexo, down 0.78 percent.

In the previous trading day, the CAC 40 gained by 1.00 percent to close at 4,574.32 points on Monday, up 45.50 points. Endit