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Paris stock market jumps over three percent

Published August 27, 2015 Updated August 27, 2015 10:24am

PARIS: Shares in Paris jumped on Thursday, with the leading CAC 40 index up by more than three percent as markets gained ground following a chaotic week fuelled by fears of economic slowdown in China.

At 0900 GMT the CAC was up 3.08 percent at 4,639 points, after losing 1.4 percent on Wednesday.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015