After opening slightly up and staying marginally above the flat line till about an hour before noon on Friday, Swiss stocks gained in strength and finally ended the trading session modestly higher.
The benchmark SMI, which moved between 13,153.33 and 13,238.59, settled with a gain of 40.33 points or 0.31% at 13,188.26.
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