French Election Volatility Mostly Impacts Indices

[kreslik.news]

The past weekend brought us the French election, an event which has been widely expected to cause an uptick in volatility. Forex and CFDs brokers took measures to limit the impact of a prospective surprise result, but that scenario did not materialize. As widely expected, centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round by a small margin.

French election polls have been spot on as after 97 percent of the ballot was counted, Macron received 23.9 percent of the vote, followed by far right candidate Marine Le Pen with 21.4 percent.


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