Paris Bourse jumped 8.68 percent

PARIS, Dec. 8 (Chinese media) -- The Paris Bourse achieved a good performance Monday, with the CAC climbing 8.68 percent to 3247.78 points, driven by the investments announced by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Saturday and an approve of French bank rescue plan by the European Commission.

The index won 259.47 points in a modest trade of 4.5 billion euros (about 5.82 billion dollars). This increase is the fifth best of this year. The best one was recorded 11.18 percent on Oct.13.

Obama promised Saturday the largest investment in infrastructure since the 1950s. These measures should create 2.5 million jobs. This announcement has encouraged the stock markets.

Besides, the European Commission has approved the recapitalization of French banks. Societe Generale took 14.29 percent, BNP Paribas took 13.43 percent and Credit Agricole took 10.39 percent.

Other European markets also increased, with 7.63 percent Frankfurt and 6.19 percent London.