First half with a bang for the CAC 40 companies
The base effect was particularly favorable. But overall, companies listed on the CAC 40 – stock index comprising the 40 largest market capitalizations in France, headed Total – can boast of in the first half of fiscal 2010 profits up 86% over the first six months of 2009. Profits have almost doubled, reaching some 41.5 billion euros, against less than 23 billion a year earlier. To recall, throughout the year 2009, profits amounted to 47 billion euros Payday Advance.
Alone, Total, BNP Paribas and France Telecom accounts for one third of total profits. Total remaining the most profitable company in France (by far) Continue along the road and with an increase in profits by 28.1% in the first half of 2010 versus the first half of 2009.Other companies that have successfully managed the first half of the year, L'Oreal and LVMH, the luxury market is still juicy, Sanofi-Aventis and Capgemini, who continue their acquisition strategy.