India, June 5 -- French stocks are gaining some ground in positive territory on Thursday as investors expect a 25-basis point interest rate cut from the European Central Bank later in the day. Worries about trade tension limit market's upside.
The benchmark CAC was up 39.06 points or 0.5% at 40 7,843.73 a few minutes ago.
Essilor is up 2.4% and Publicis Groupe is gaining 2.3%. Unibail Rodamco, Capgemini, Thales and Legrand are up 1.5 to 1.8%.
Saint Gobain, Michelin, BNP Paribas, Bouygues, LVMH, Teleperformance, Schneider Elecctric, Edenred, Engie, STMicroElectronics and Societe Generale are also up with notable gains.
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