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Paris stocks gain more than 3%

Paris (AFP) - The Paris CAC 40 index gained more than 3 percent Thursday afternoon as trading was boosted by signals from the US Federal Reserve that interest rates will not rise in the coming months.

At 1443 GMT the CAC was up 3.20 percent to 4243.63 points on a volume of 2.5 billion euros of deals, building on a gain of 0.46 percent on Wednesday.