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The CAC 40, which takes its name from Paris Bourse 's early automation system ''' Cotation Assistée En Continu ''' (''Continuous Assisted Quotation''), is a French Stock Market Index , a benchmark index for Euronext Paris . The index represents a capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 most significant values among the 100 highest Market Caps on the Paris Bourse. Its base value of 1,000 was set on 31 December 1987 . As of 1 December 2003 , the index has become a free float weighted index. Interestingly, although CAC 40 is composed of "French" companies, about 45% of their shares are owned by foreign investors, for example American Pension Fund s, and were acquired during the last 20 years in a long series of Privatization s of formerly state-owned companies. This percentage is unusually high. COMPOSITION A list of the CAC 40 companies, as of 19 December 2005 : SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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