CAC 40 up 0.25pc.

France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher. At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.25 percent, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.27 percent. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 234 and 89 ended unchanged. Shares in Sopra Steria Group SA rose to 52-week highs; up 7.66 percent or 12.40 to 174.20. The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was...