rose at the open on Thursday, led by energy and technology stocks, as upbeat earnings supported gains in the benchmark.
Telecoms was among the top five major percentage gainers in the sub-sectors, adding 0.8%, while heavyweight energy stocks advanced 1%.) advanced 2.6% after Europe's largest telecoms group by market capitalisation raised its full-year core profit forecast and marginally beat third-quarter core profit expectations.) gained 2.9% after Europe's largest tech firm said it expects sales to grow by 8% to 14% over the coming five years, boosting the tech sub-sector 0.9%.
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