The Paris Stock Exchange continues its march towards new records.
In the middle of the session, the CAC 40 climbed 0.30% to 6,913.80 points.
The flagship index of the Paris Bourse is thus a stone's throw from its historic peak of September 4, 2000, when it climbed during the session to nearly 6945 points to finish at 6922.33 points.
Since the start of the year, the Parisian index has now risen by nearly 25%.
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Most of the major Western stock markets have already passed their historic highs a long time ago.
The German Dax crossed the 16,000 point mark at the start of August.
For its part, Wall Street has been flying for months from record highs: the Dow Jones climbed Monday to more than 36,000 points.
The massive aid plans deployed by states and central banks at the onset of the health crisis galvanized investors.
The movement then accelerated from November 2020 with the discovery of the first effective vaccines against Covid-19.
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