India, May 15 -- After opening weak and remaining subdued till noon, Swiss stocks found some support and kept edging higher on Thursday, and finally ended the day's session on a firm note.
Data showing a strong pace of expansion of the Swiss economy in the first quarter of this year aided sentiment.
The benchmark SMI, which edged down to 12,074.64 in early trades, ended the session with a gain of 95.09 points or 0.78% at 12,227.28, the day's high.
Givaudan, the top gainer in the SMI index, climbed 2.53%. SGS gained nearly 2%, while Swisscom and Nestle, both closed higher by about 1.65%.
Schindler Ps, Novartis, Sandoz Group, Swiss Re, Zurich Insurance, Roche Holding and Sonova gained 0.9 to 1.2%. ABB, Lindt & Spruengli, UBS Group and Geb...