Accor | AGF  | Air Liquide | Alcatel-Lucent | Alstom | Arcelor-Mittal | AXA | BNP Paribas | Bouygues | Capgemini | Carrefour | Crédit Agricole |
Dexia | EADS | EDF | Essilor | France Télécom | Gaz de France | Groupe Danone | L'Oréal | Lafarge | Lagardère | LVMH | Michelin |
Pernod Ricard | PSA Peugeot Citroën | PPR | Renault | Saint-Gobain | Sanofi-Aventis | Schneider Electric | Société Générale |
STMicroelectronics | SUEZ | Thomson | Total | Vallourec | Veolia Environnement | VINCI | Vivendi Price evolution of the CAC 40 between March 1, 1990 and February 1, 2005 The CAC 40, which takes its name from Paris Bourses early automation system Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), is a French stock market index, a benchmark index for Euronext Paris. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Accor (Euronext: AC) is a large French multinational corporation, part of the CAC 40 index, whose main business is running chains of hotels and restaurants. ... AGF (Euronext: AGF) is a French insurance company, based in Paris (HQ: rue Richelieu). ... Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is the world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. ... Alcatel Lucent (or Alcatel-Lucent according to some sources) is the name of the new company formed after the merge agreement signed by Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... Arcelor-Mittal is a company founded in 2006 by merger between two steel companies, Arcelor and Mittal Steel. ... AXA (Euronext: CS, NYSE: AXA) is a French insurance company and the world largest insurance company with its 189 000 employees and 122 billions dollars of revenues in 2004. ... BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. ... The Bouygues group is a French industrial group founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and since 1989 led by his son Martin Bouygues. ... Capgemini (Euronext: CAP) is one of the worlds largest information technology, consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with sixty thousand staff operating out of more than thirty countries. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Logo Credit Agricole Crédit Agricole SA (CASA) (Euronext: ACA) is the largest banking group in France, fourth biggest in Europe and the sixth largest in the world according to Global Finance magazine. ... Dexia (Euronext: DEXB, Euronext: DX) is a Belgian-French financial institution, specialized in public finance. ... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ... Électricité de France (EDF) is the main electricity generation and distribution company in France. ... Essilor is an ophthalmic optical firm, listed on the CAC 40. ... France Télécom (Euronext: FTE, NYSE: FTE) (often spelled France Telecom, without the accents, in non-French text) is the main telecommunication company in France. ... Gaz de France is a French company which specializes in the transportatino and distribution of natural gas. ... Groupe Danone SA is an international food products company with its central headquarters in France, specializing in dairy products, especially famous for its yoghurt. ... The LOréal Group Euronext: FR0000120321, headquartered in Clichy, France, is the worlds leading cosmetics and beauty company. ... Lafarge (Euronext: LG, NYSE: LR) is a French industrial company specializing in five major products: Cement, construction aggregates, concrete, gypsum wallboard, and roofing tile. ... Lagardère SCA is a large French group of companies, diversified in publishing and aerospace, formerly known as Matra. ... LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (Euronext: MC), usually shortened to LVMH, is a French holding company and the worlds largest luxury goods conglomerate. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ... Pernod Ricard is a French company producing alcoholic beverages. ... PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) is a vehicle company that owns the marques Peugeot and Citroën. ... PPR is a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ... St. ... Sanofi-aventis (Euronext: SAN, NYSE: SNY), headquartered in Paris, France, is the worlds third largest company in the pharmaceutical industry behind Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline but above Johnson & Johnson, Merck, AstraZeneca and Novartis. ... Schneider Electric is a large, worldwide company of French Origin. ... Société Générale (Euronext: GLE) is one of the main banks in France (one of the three oldest). ... STMicroelectronics is an international leading supplier of semiconductors. ... SUEZ (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. ... This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... Total SA (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil). ... Veolia Environnement SA is a leading French-based company with activities in four main areas - water, waste management, energy and transport services. ... VINCI (Euronext: DG) is a French construction company, formerly called Société Générale dEnterprises. ... Vivendi was the name of a French company, which merged in 2000 with Canal+ television networks and the Canadian company Seagram, the owner of Universal Studios film company, to become Vivendi Universal. ...