France becomes the world's second-largest payer of shareholder dividends

French listed companies paid out $70.4 billion in dividends in the second quarter of 2026.

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This places France second globally, ahead of Japan and the UK, according to Janus Henderson.

The financial sector and one-off payments, such as Bolloré’s, drove this record high.

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