Euro hovers above 1-month low as French election nerves grow

Published Mon, Apr 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM

London

THE euro edged lower against the dollar on Monday, pressured by nervousness over the upcoming French presidential elections as investors took stock of recent polls showing a tightening race.

The campaign is being closely followed by investors, as one contestant - the far right Marine Le Pen - has threatened to pull France out of the European Union if she wins, fuelling concerns of an unravelling of the bloc after Britain's vote to leave it last year.