Euro jumps on Macron results


Emmanuel Macron is widely expected to gallop to victory over the divisive Front National leader Marine Le Pen in the run-off to France’s presidential elections next month. – EPA pic, April 24, 2017.

THE euro surged today after moderate Emmanuel Macron won the first round in France’s presidential elections and looked set to triumph in the run-off against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen next month.

Investors globally had been watching the vote fearing that a wave of populism, which swept Donald Trump to the White House and saw Britain leave the EU, could lead to a win for the anti-European Le Pen and put the future of the bloc in doubt.


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