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The index represents a capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 most significant stocks among the 100 largest on the formerly the Paris Bourse.
During the dot com boom of the early 2000s, it reached a high of almost 7,000, but in recent years it has fallen back to about 3,000 as a result of the 2011 economic crisis.