#TradingPairs101

The Paris Stock Exchange is one of the founding markets of the pan-European Euronext project. It brings together more than 800 listed companies and 5,300 institutional investors in a common liquidity pool, allowing companies to finance their growth.

Our Parisian market is key for French tech unicorns and growing companies. It also hosts the benchmark index CAC 40®, composed of the market capitalization of the 40 largest publicly traded French companies. In line with the growing impact of ESG criteria, we also developed the CAC 40 ESG® index in 2021.

Our unique trading platform, Optiq®, is at the technological forefront. Optiq® offers a transparent and regulated trading environment for both professional and retail investors. Each day, more than 4.1 billion euros are traded on our Paris market.