French shares gain 0.71 pct Friday

PARIS, Oct. 22– French shares edged up on Friday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 up 0.71 percent, or 47.52 points, to close at 6,733.69 points. French personal care company L’Oreal advanced 5.08 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. European commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE gained 4.07 percent and multinational information…

PARIS, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — French shares edged up on Friday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 up 0.71 percent, or 47.52 points, to close at 6,733.69 points.

French personal care company L’Oreal advanced 5.08 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. European commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE gained 4.07 percent and multinational information technology consulting corporation Capgemini rose 2.36 percent.

European aviation group Airbus went down by 1.44 percent, the top loser. Eurofins Scientific, a group of analytical laboratories specializing in the agri-food sector, lost 1.06 percent, and French tire manufacturer Michelin fell 1.01 percent. Enditem