France's equity index CAC 40 moved higher Thursday morning, supported by some encouraging earnings updates. Despite paring some gains subsequently, the index remained firmly up in positive territory a little while ago.Investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates. Geopolitical news were in focus as well.The CAC 40, which advanced to 8,145.44 earlier, was up 51.98 points or 0.64% at 8,118.66 nearly half an hour before noon.Schneider Electric climbed more than 3% and Legrand gained ...