Market data

Here are names of the major index of market places that should be known. Current values can be retrieved from e.g. here.

• the CAC40 now at 3600 (used to be above 4000). It includes the 40 best valued companies with headquarters in France. Peugeot recently lost its place from the top 40 places
• the FTSE100 (or Footsie one hundred) lists the top 100 British companies, and is currently at 6300.
• the Dow Jones concerns the 30 major American companies and is at 14000
• the Nasdaq concerns technological American companies and is at 3100