EPA:BNP.PA 9 October 2025 - 3 January 2026

Euronext Paris traces its origins back over 300 years. The exchange was formally established by royal decree in 1724, making it one of the oldest in the worlden.wikipedia.org. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the Paris Bourse was France’s central marketplace for stocks and bonds. It operated via open-outcry trading on the floor of the Palais Brongniart well into the 1980sen.wikipedia.org. By 1986, Paris began shifting to electronic trading, introducing a system called CAC which fully automated quotations by 1989en.wikipedia.org. This early adoption of electronic trading positioned Paris as a modern exchange, ready to integrate with its European peers. The late 20th century brought consolidation. In 2000, the Paris Bourse’s operator merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges to form Euronext, Europe’s first cross-border stock exchangeen.wikipedia.org. The Paris market was rebranded Euronext Paris, marking the end of the independent Paris Bourse era and the start of a pan-European ventureen.wikipedia.org. Subsequent expansions saw Euronext absorb the Lisbon exchange and other platforms, and even a transatlantic tie-up. Through these changes, the Paris exchange remained a cornerstone, contributing major listings and liquidity to the Euronext group.