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Swiss Market Ends On Firm Note
(RTTNews) - The Switzerland market, which very nearly slipped into the red around mid afternoon on Thursday, after a good spell in positive territory, recovered well to end the day's session on a firm note.
The benchmark SMI closed up 65.79 points or 0.57% at 11,709.80, after having climbed to 11,723.90 around mid morning.
Julius Baer rallied about 2.1%. Logitech International and UBS Group closed up 1.54% and 1.48%, respectively. VAT Group, Swiss Re, Partners Group and ABB gained 0.9 to 1.1%.
Sika, Swisscom, Novartis, Lonza Group, Zurich Insurance Group, Roche, Swiss Life Holding and Lindt & Spruengli gained 0.4 to 0.75%.
Swatch Group and Sonova both lost nearly 1%. Sandoz Group ended down 0.76% and Richemont closed down 0.57%.
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