French markets rallied and the euro climbed against the dollar as investors bet that the far right could fall short of an outright majority despite its first-round victory in parliamentary election on Sunday.
Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National came top with 33.2 per cent of the vote, ahead of the leftwing New Popular Front on 28 per cent and President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance on 22.4 per cent.
France’s blue-chip Cac 40 index rose 2.7 per cent at the open on Monday while the euro gained 0.5 per to $1.077, its strongest level since mid-June. The yield on the 10-year bond fell 0.019 percentage points to 3.24 per cent.
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