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French shares gain 0.16 pct Wednesday

Xinhua,May 03, 2018 Adjust font size:

PARIS, May 2 (Xinhua) -- French shares edged up on Wednesday with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 up 0.16 percent, or 8.72 points, to close at 5,529.22 points.

A total of 29 of the 40 selected large companies gained in the day.

STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian multinational electronics and semiconductor manufacturer, advanced 4.55 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Vivendi, international integrated content, media and communications group, rose 3.88 percent and French multinational automotive supplier VALEO gained 2.09 percent.

French digital service giant Atos went down by 2.50 percent, the top loser of the blue chips. French cosmetics company L'Oreal fell 1.68 percent and French multinational integrated oil and gas company Total lost 1.30 percent. Enditem