{"id":70177,"date":"2026-02-20T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/02\/20\/cac-40-hits-fresh-record-high\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:51:19","slug":"cac-40-hits-fresh-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/02\/20\/cac-40-hits-fresh-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC 40 Hits Fresh Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The CAC 40 benchmark that tracks the 40 largest French stocks based on the Euronext Paris rose to all-time high on Friday. Markets shrugged off lingering worries about the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Sentiment remained positive despite a lower-than-expected manufacturing PMI as well as a higher-than-expected services PMI reading in February.<\/p>\n<p>The index has gained close to 1 percent on Thursday while the one-year change exceeds 4.2 percent. <\/p>\n<p>CAC 40 is currently trading at 8,466.86, adding 0.81 percent from the previous close of 8,398.78. The day&#8217;s trading has been between 8,421.11 and an all-time high of 8,476.61.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the upbeat mood, only 9 scrips in the 40-stock index are trading below the flatline.   <\/p>\n<p>Amidst earnings boost, Air Liquide topped gains with an addition of almost 4 percent. Euronext followed with gains of 3.2 percent. LVMH, Pernod Ricard, Saint Gobain, Renault, Hermes International, Societe Generale, all recorded gains of more than 2 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Orange posted the biggest decline of 1.2 percent. TotalEnergies as well as Danone also recorded losses of more than 1 percent. <\/p>\n<p>With safe haven demand dragging down bond yields globally, bond yields in France too have decreased. Yields on France&#8217;s 10-year bonds dropped 0.39 percent to 3.306 percent, versus the level of 3.319 percent at the previous close. Yields ranged between 3.318 percent and 3.302 percent in the day&#8217;s trading, touching a six-month low. <\/p>\n<p>With the U.S. Dollar weakening, the 6-currency Dollar Index is currently at 97.90, edging down 0.03 percent from the previous close of 97.93. The EUR\/USD pair has slipped 0.03 percent to 1.1768. The pair ranged between 1.1776 and 1.1744. The EUR\/GBP pair is trading at 0.8733, dropping 0.10 percent below the flatline. The EUR\/JPY pair has rallied 0.14 percent to trade at 182.75. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>CAC 40 Hits Fresh Record High<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-02-20 12:51:19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CAC 40 benchmark that tracks the 40 largest French stocks based on the Euronext Paris rose to all-time high on Friday. 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