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1703 GMT [Dow Jones] SMI closes slightly higher, up 0.4% at 7074.52, boosted by the pharmaceutical sector and defensive stocks. Actelion is the day's biggest climber, gaining 3.4% on positive comments by its CEO, Jean-Paul Clozel, ahead of an investor meeting. Also supporting gains in the index are increases by heavyweights Roche, up 1.3%, and Novartis, up 0.6%. Elsewhere on the index, cyclical stocks dip slightly, following disappointing German industrial-order data and unemployment figures from the euro zone. Building supplies company Geberit, which has Germany as its largest market, is the day's biggest loser, dropping 0.9%. (john.revill@dowjones.com)

 
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