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The market celebrates Macron win.
France's stock market hits nine-year high in election relief rally - as it happened
European markets end sharply higher
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the first round of the French presidential election saw stock markets surge and the euro gain ground against the dollar and pound. The prospect of Macron beating anti-EU far right candidate Marine Le Pen - not to mention the relatively unusual sight of opinion polls making the correct call - gave some relief to investors concerned about the rise of extremism in Europe. Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG, said;
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France's stock market hits nine-year high in election relief rally - as it happened
European markets end sharply higher
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the first round of the French presidential election saw stock markets surge and the euro gain ground against the dollar and pound. The prospect of Macron beating anti-EU far right candidate Marine Le Pen - not to mention the relatively unusual sight of opinion polls making the correct call - gave some relief to investors concerned about the rise of extremism in Europe. Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG, said;
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