CAC 40 Rises As Services Sector Contracts Slowly In March

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CAC 40 Rises As Services Sector Contracts Slowly In March

(RTTNews) - French stocks rose on Thursday after a survey showed the contraction in France's services sector was not as bad as first estimated in March. The final services PMI came in at 48.3 versus 47.8 expected.

Eurozone producer price inflation data and minutes from the ECB's latest policy meeting minutes are awaited later in the day.

The benchmark CAC 40 was up 30 points, or 0.4 percent, at 8,183 after edging up 0.3 percent on Wednesday.

Banks traded higher, with BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole rising over 1 percent.

Kering, a global Luxury group, rose about half a percent after announcing the acquisition of the company owning the Milanese building on via Monte Napoleone 8, for a consideration of approximately 1.3 billion euros, from a subsidiary of Blackstone Property Partners Europe.

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Sensex, Nifty Little Changed After Recent Gains

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Australian Market Maintains Early Losses In Mid-market

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Asian Markets Trade Mixed

Asian Markets Trade Mixed

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Japanese Market Significantly Higher

Japanese Market Significantly Higher

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Little Movement Seen For Indonesia Stock Market

Little Movement Seen For Indonesia Stock Market

The Indonesia stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the three-day losing streak in which it had stumbled almost 260 points or 3.6 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just beneath the 7,700-point plateau and it's likely to remain in that neighborhood again on Thursday.
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The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in four straight sessions, climbing almost 1,250 points or 4.9 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 26,200-point plateau although it may run out of steam on Thursday.
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