CAC 40

CAC 40
	CAC 40 performance between 1964 and 2012
Foundation	1987
Operator	Euronext
Exchanges	Euronext Paris
Constituents	40
Type	Large cap
Market cap	€1.207 trillion (31 March 2016)
Weighting method	Capitalization-weighted
Related indices	CAC Next 20, CAC Mid 60, CAC Small
Website	[1]

The CAC 40 (French: CAC quarante [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 values among the 100 highest market caps on the Euronext Paris (formerly the Paris Bourse). It is one of the main national indices of the pan-European stock exchange group Euronext alongside Brussels' BEL20, Lisbon's PSI-20 and Amsterdam's AEX.

History

The CAC 40 takes its name from the Paris Bourse's early automation system Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation). Its base value of 1,000 was set on 31 December 1987, equivalent to a market capitalisation of 370,437,433,957.70 French francs.^[2] In common with many major world stock markets, its all-time high to date (6922.33 points) was reached at the peak of the dot-com bubble in September 2000.^[3] On 1 December 2003, the index's weighting system switched from being dependent on total market capitalisation to free float market cap only, in line with other leading indices.^[4]

Rules

Selection

The CAC 40 index composition is reviewed quarterly by an independent Index Steering Committee (French: Conseil Scientifique).^[2] If any changes are made, they are effected a minimum of two weeks after the review meeting.^[2] At each review date, the companies listed on Euronext Paris are ranked according to free float market capitalisation and share turnover over the prior 12 months.^[5] From the top 100 companies in this ranking, forty are chosen to enter the CAC 40 such that it is "a relevant benchmark for portfolio management" and "a suitable underlying asset for derivatives products".^[5] If a company has more than one class of shares traded on the exchange, only the most actively traded of these will be accepted into the index (generally this will be the ordinary share).^[5]

Weighting

The CAC 40 is a capitalization-weighted index. The number of shares issued (used to calculate the market cap and hence the index weight) of a company is reviewed quarterly, on the third Friday of March, June, September and December.^[2] Since December 2003, the index weightings of companies in the index have been capped at 15% at each quarterly index review,^[5] but these range freely with share price subsequently. A capping factor is used to limit the weights to 15% (if necessary), and is reviewed annually by the Index Steering Committee on the third Friday of September.^[5]

Calculation

The index value I of the CAC 40 index is calculated using the following formula:^[5] $I_{t}=1000\times {\frac {\sum _{i=1}^{N}Q_{i,t}\,F_{i,t}\,f_{i,t}\,C_{i,t}\,}{K_{t}\,\sum _{i=1}^{N}Q_{i,0}\,C_{i,0}\,}}$ with t the day of calculation; N the number of constituent shares in the index (usually 40); Q_i,t the number of shares of company i on day t; F_i,t the free float factor of share i; f_i,t the capping factor of share i (exactly 1 for all companies not subject to the 15% cap); C_i,t the price of share i on day t; Q_i,0 the number of shares of company i on the index base date; C_i,0 the price of equity i on the index base date; and K_t the "adjustment coefficient for base capitalization" on day t (reflecting the switch from the French franc to the Euro in 1999).

Holders

Although the CAC 40 is almost exclusively composed of French-domiciled companies, about 45% of its listed shares are owned by foreign investors, more than any other main European index.^[6] German, Japanese, American and British investors are amongst the most significant holders of CAC 40 shares. This large percentage is due to the fact that CAC 40 companies are more international, or multinational, than any other European market. CAC 40 companies conduct over two-thirds of their business and employ over two-thirds of their workforce outside France.^[7]

Record values

Type	Date	Value
Closing high	September 4, 2000	6,922.33
Intraday high	September 4, 2000	6,944.77

Composition

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Pont de Normandie, built by Bouygues and Vinci, the largest construction company in the world by revenue.

The index consists of the following companies as of the quarterly update effective 1th December 2016. The most recent composition can be found on euronext website.

Ticker	Company	Sector
AC	Accor	hotels
AI	Air Liquide	commodity chemicals
AIR	Airbus Group	aerospace
MT	ArcelorMittal	steel
CS	AXA	full line insurance
BNP	BNP Paribas	banks
EN	Bouygues	heavy construction
CAP	Capgemini	IT services
CA	Carrefour	food retailers and wholesalers
ACA	Crédit Agricole	banks
BN	Danone	food products
ENGI	Engie	gas and electric utility
EI	Essilor	medical supplies
KER	Kering	retail business
LI	Klépierre	real estate
OR	L'Oréal	personal products
LHN	LafargeHolcim	building materials and fixtures
LR	Legrand	electrical components and equipment
MC	LVMH	clothing and accessories
ML	Michelin	tires
NOKIA	Nokia	telecommunications
ORA	Orange	telecommunications
RI	Pernod Ricard	distillers and vintners
UG	Peugeot	automobiles
PUB	Publicis	media agencies
RNO	Renault	automobiles
SAF	Safran	aerospace and defence
SGO	Saint-Gobain	building materials and fixtures
SAN	Sanofi	pharmaceuticals
SU	Schneider Electric	electrical components and equipment
GLE	Société Générale	banks
SW	Sodexo	food services and facilities management
SOLB	Solvay	chemicals
TEC	Technip	oil equipment and services
FP	Total	integrated oil and gas
UL	Unibail-Rodamco	real estate investment trusts
FR	Valeo	automotive supplier
VIE	Veolia	water, waste, transport, energy
DG	Vinci	heavy construction
VIV	Vivendi	broadcasting and entertainment

References

^ . Euronext 40 Factsheet https://www.euronext.com/sites/www.euronext.com/files/cac_20160331.pdf=CAC 40 Factsheet. Retrieved 8 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CAC 40 index profile". Euronext. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
^ "Investors celebrate stock market boom". BBC News. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
^ "CAC40 shift to free-float weighting: revision of free-float calculation and capping factors" (Press release). Euronext. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rules for the CAC 40 Index" (PDF). Euronext. January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
^ Chirac, Jacques (24 March 2006). "Press conference given by M. Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, following the European Council (excerpts)". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
^ Lagarde, Christine (6 May 2006). ""France and Globalization": Lecture Given by Mme Christine Lagarde, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, to The Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Lille (excerpts)". Retrieved 3 December 2007.

External links

Official Euronext page for CAC 40 Index
FCHI: Summary for CAC 40 INDEX - Yahoo! Finance
Thomson Reuters page for .FCHI
Bloomberg page for CAC:IND
CAC 40 on Investing.com Contains real time overview, components, historical data, live charts, technichal analysis and related news.

[1] . Euronext 40 Factsheet https://www.euronext.com/sites/www.euronext.com/files/cac_20160331.pdf=CAC 40 Factsheet. Retrieved 8 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[profile-2] "CAC 40 index profile". Euronext. Retrieved 3 December 2007.

[3] "Investors celebrate stock market boom". BBC News. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.

[4] "CAC40 shift to free-float weighting: revision of free-float calculation and capping factors" (Press release). Euronext. 5 November 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2007.

[rules-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rules for the CAC 40 Index" (PDF). Euronext. January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

[6] Chirac, Jacques (24 March 2006). "Press conference given by M. Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, following the European Council (excerpts)". Retrieved 27 September 2010.

[7] Lagarde, Christine (6 May 2006). ""France and Globalization": Lecture Given by Mme Christine Lagarde, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, to The Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Lille (excerpts)". Retrieved 3 December 2007.

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