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CAC 40 under pressure: decline with an eye on the trading week!
The CAC 40 recorded a decline of 0.74% on April 17, 2025. Important stocks and market capitalizations in focus.
CAC 40 under pressure: decline with an eye on the trading week!
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, the CAC 40 on the Paris Stock Exchange recorded a decline of 0.74 percent, falling to 7,275.39 points. This comes from a report by finance.net out. The index began the trading day at 7,311.91 points, predicting a loss of 0.246 percent compared to the previous day's close of 7,329.97 points.
During the day, the CAC 40 moved between a low of 7,257.77 points and a high of 7,331.64 points. However, on a weekly basis, the index recorded an increase of 0.516 percent. Compared to the previous month, when the index was at 8,073.98 points on March 17, 2025, and the previous year, when it closed at 7,981.51 points on April 17, 2024, the level of the CAC 40 has fallen significantly. Since the beginning of 2025, the index has fallen by 1.60 percent, and the annual high of 8,257.88 points stands in stark contrast to an annual low of 6,763.76 points.
Trading volume and market capitalization
The market capitalization of the companies represented in the CAC 40 amounts to a total of 2.216 trillion euros. Airbus SE shares led the trading volume with 478,280 shares traded, while Hermès International shares topped the index with a market capitalization of 247.731 billion euros. Additionally, Worldline SA stock has the lowest price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio in the CAC 40 with an estimate of 3.41. Carrefour shares are expected to top the index in 2025 with an impressive dividend yield of 8.08 percent.
In addition, from onvista.de reports that different stocks in the CAC 40 perform differently. Numerous stocks recorded some significant price losses, while a few also achieved slight gains. There are both declines and slight increases among the traded values, reflecting the volatile nature of the market.