Stock news - optimism from France, cooling in the USA, corporate news of the company
Fundamental Analysis
• Any worries about a far-right victory in France appear to have been premature, as polls show the left-wing New Popular Front alliance winning a majority of seats, albeit well short of a majority. Pollsters' forecasts, which are generally accurate, are for the left to win 184-198 seats out of 577, President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance 160-169, and Marine Le Pen's nationalist and Eurosceptic National Rally (RN) party and her allies. 135–143.
• Stocks were broadly supported by growing confidence that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in September following...