Euro slips on French gridlock; dollar weak after payrolls surprise – Yahoo Finance
Kevin Buckland and Amanda Cooper TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – The euro recovered overnight losses to stabilize on Thursday, while the dollar weakened, after France’s general election showed signs of a divided government. The dollar continued to trend lower after Friday’s unexpectedly weak U.S. employment data strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon start cutting interest […]
French stocks retreat as election result sows fiscal worry – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — French markets erased initial losses as investors speculated that an election that failed to deliver a clear majority would force the next government to make compromises and back off its most extreme policies. Most read articles on Bloomberg The CAC 40 index rose 0.2% after dropping 0.6% at the open. French government bonds […]