The CAC 40 index rose 38.51 points to finish at 5,557.41 points.

The Paris Bourse rallied Thursday with a rise of 0.70%, driven by Wall Street which caught up with the previous day by ignoring US statistics degraded.

The CAC 40 index rose by 38.51 points to end at 5,557.41 points, in a trade volume of 3.5 billion euros. The day before, it had ended almost stable with a slight increase of 0.14%.