Paris prices close higher

IN Paris share prices closed slightly higher in thin volumes after a day of sluggish, volatile trade, lacking direction from Wall Street which was closed for Thanksgiving, and with only France Telecom and Vivendi carving out significant gains, dealers said.

The CAC-40 index closed up 16.23 or 0.49% at 3,329.99.

Twenty-five CAC-40 stocks closed up and 15 closed down.