CAC 40
Definition · Level 11 · Interview practice
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The Paris benchmark: 40 large caps listed on Euronext Paris, weighted by capped free-float market cap, base 1,000 at the end of 1987.
Example
“The CAC’s off 1%, banks leading.”
Where Tradecraft teaches it
Level 11 · Interview practice, in the lesson “Markets awareness: the numbers on the day”: Which numbers to check the morning of the interview and where, the definitions and relationships that don’t go stale, and how to explain a move.
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