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What the markets have wrong about the French election results

1 July 2024

10:02 PM

1 July 2024

10:02 PM

The Paris stock market is soaring. French bonds are rising once again, and the banks are suddenly looking a lot healthier. As the results of the French elections came through overnight, and it looked less likely that Marine Le Pen’s National Rally would have enough votes to form a government by itself, investors started to buy into France.

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