(RTTNews) - Despite spending much of the day's session in the red, the Switzerland market closed on a firm note on Thursday as stocks climbed higher on strong buying support past mid afternoon. Data showing an acceleration in the nation's GDP growth aided sentiment. The benchmark SMI ended with a gain of 76.17 points or 0.65% at 11,869.90. The index, which edged down to 11,771.88 in early trades, touched a high of 11,885.92 in the session. Nestle gained 3.25%. SIG Group and Logitech International climbed 2.21% and 2.16%, respectively. Straumann Holding, Partners Group and Lonza Group gained 1.25 to 1.55%. VAT Group, Novartis, Holcim, Swatch Group, UBS Group, Lindt & Spruengli, Kuehne & Nagel, Sika and Sandoz Group advanced 0.5 to 0.9%.
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