The CAC 40 index reached 7,403.67 points around 15:45 p.m., beating its previous all-time high on March 6. Since the beginning of the year, the index has gained more than 14%.
Among the companies in the index, bank shares did not recover the losses they recorded on the sidelines of the bankruptcy of the US bank Silicon Valley Bank and the takeover in extremis of Credit SuBS. The banking crisis, if it has blown a wind of panic on the markets, makes central banks more sensitive to the economic risks.