CAC 40

CAC 40
CAC 40 performance since 31 December 1987, linked to "indice Insee de la Bourse de Paris' from 1965 to 1987.
Foundation31 December 1987
OperatorEuronext
ExchangesEuronext Paris
Trading symbol
  • ^FCHI
Constituents40
TypeLarge cap
Market cap€2.356 trillion (3 February 2023)[1]
Weighting methodFree-float capitalization-weighted
Related indicesCAC Next 20, CAC Small
Websitewww.euronext.com

The CAC 40 (French pronunciation: [kak kaʁɑ̃t]) (Cotation Assistée en Continu) is a benchmark French stock market index. The index represents a capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 most significant stocks among the 100 largest market caps on the Euronext Paris (formerly the Paris Bourse). It is a price return index. It is one of the main national indices of the pan-European stock exchange group Euronext alongside Euronext Amsterdam's AEX, Euronext Brussels' BEL20, Euronext Dublin's ISEQ 20, Euronext Lisbon's PSI-20 and the Oslo Bors OBX Index. It is an index without dividends. Cotation operates every working day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is updated every 15 seconds.

  1. ^ "CAC 40". boursier.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.