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title: "CAC 40: Methodology"
description: "CAC 40 is maintained by Euronext and covers major french blue-chip benchmark. How the index selects and weights its constituents, and what that means for what it measures."
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# CAC 40: What It Measures and How It Is Built







## Direct Answer



> The CAC 40 is a rule-based measurement of major french blue-chip benchmark, maintained by Euronext. Like every index it owns nothing: it is a number produced by applying a published weighting formula to a selected list of companies, revised on a schedule the provider sets.








## What this index covers



The CAC 40 covers major french blue-chip benchmark, within the France market. Euronext defines which securities are eligible, how they are selected from that pool, and how much each one contributes to the published number.



The name states a target of 40 companies. A target is not a guarantee of the exact count on any given day: corporate actions, dual share classes and pending additions all move the real number around it.








## How constituents are weighted



Swoopr has not verified the weighting method for this index against Euronext's current methodology document, so none is stated here rather than guessed. The provider link below is authoritative.








## Current CAC 40 constituents



Euronext publishes and licenses the CAC 40 constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it here. The provider's own page is the authoritative source for current membership and weights.



[Euronext: official CAC 40 page](https://live.euronext.com/en/products/indices)








## Related reading



- [All stock market indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/): how indexes are built, weighted and revised.
- [Europe indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/europe/): others covering the same region.
- [Index concentration](https://www.getswoopr.com/technical-analysis/market-concentration/index-concentration/): measuring how much of an index sits in its largest holdings.
- [Index rebalancing and inclusion effects](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/corporate-actions-catalysts/index-rebalancing-and-inclusion-effects/): what happens to a stock when index membership changes.








## Frequently Asked Questions


### Who maintains the CAC 40?



Euronext maintains the CAC 40 and publishes the methodology document that defines its eligibility and weighting rules.




### What does the CAC 40 measure?



It measures major french blue-chip benchmark. The index is a calculated number applying a weighting formula to a selected list of companies, and it holds nothing itself.




### Where can I see the current CAC 40 constituents?



Euronext publishes the current constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it, because index providers license constituent data and Swoopr holds no such licence.











## About the author



The [Swoopr Editorial Team](https://www.getswoopr.com/authors/swoopr-editorial-team/) writes Swoopr Investment's educational library, covering market structure, analysis methods and the mechanics behind the numbers investors read every day.



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