- Bottega Veneta holds investors' aces as Madonna pops into D&G
- Beirut digs for victims at building flattened in Israeli strike
- Verstappen stages protest over 'ridiculous' swearing punishment
- Bayern boss Kompany lauds 'special talent' Olise
- Diaz fires Liverpool top of Premier League, Spurs bounce back
- Heavy fire over Israel-Lebanon border after deadly Beirut strike
- Ramos guides unbeaten Toulouse to Montpellier win despite Hogg scuffle
- Myanmar flood death toll jumps to 384
- Chelsea owners 'happy' with win at West Ham amid rift report
- Kane and Olise run riot as Bayern thump Bremen
- Ramos guides unbeaten Toulouse to Montpellier win
- Norris pips Verstappen to dramatic Singapore pole after Sainz crash
- Carey takes Australia to 270 in 2nd ODI against England after collapse
- Two Hezbollah leaders killed in Israel's Beirut strike
- Hungary Danube waters reach decade high after Storm Boris
- Bagnaia cuts Martin's MotoGP lead with Emilia-Romagna sprint win
- Jackson double fires Chelsea to victory at woeful West Ham
- Fiji beat Japan to lift Pacific Nations Cup
- Kasatkina to face Haddad Maia in Korea Open final
- S.Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnight
- Lawyers of women alleging Al-Fayed sex abuse receive over 150 new enquiries
- President Museveni's son backs Ugandan strongman for 7th term
- Norris quickest as Verstappen bounces back in Singapore practice
- Wallabies lament All Blacks' fast start
- Germany's Oktoberfest opens under tight security after attacks
- Environmental protesters block French cruise liner port
- Hezbollah in disarray after Israeli strike kills top commanders
- No place like home: Biden hosts 'Quad' leaders
- One dead, 7 missing as heavy rains trigger floods in central Japan
- Zelensky says no UK, US go-ahead to use long-range missiles
- New Zealand edge Australia 31-28 in Bledisloe Cup thriller
- Japan orders evacuations as heavy rains trigger floods in quake-hit area
- New Zealand pilot freed in Indonesia after 19 months in rebel captivity
- Hezbollah in disarray after Israeli air strike kills top commanders
- Leading climate activist released from Vietnam jail
- Ethiopians struggle with bitter pill of currency reform
- Sri Lanka votes in first poll since economic collapse
- Feminist author warns of abortion disaster if Trump wins US election
- US city of Flint still reeling from water crisis, 10 years on
- Arsenal's mean defence faces acid test to shut out Man City again
- Late surge lifts Thailand's Jeeno to LPGA Queen City lead
- DeChambeau says PGA's Ryder Cup decision 'just the start'
- Alcaraz defeated on Laver Cup debut
- Postecoglou embraces 'struggle' to make Spurs a success
- Nice hand 'ashamed' Saint-Etienne 8-0 Ligue 1 mauling
- Boeing CEO says ending strike 'a top priority'
- Stock markets mostly fall after Fed-fueled rally
- Harris slams Trump for hypocrisy on abortion as US starts voting
- Academy to host first overseas ceremony to honor young filmmakers
- No doctor necessary: US okays nasal spray flu vaccine for self-use
Paris stocks, euro gain on Macron vote result
The Paris stock market and the euro rose on Monday, with investors soothed by French President Emmanuel Macron's election performance.
Frankfurt and London equities however fell on Asian losses, with sentiment souring on flat UK economic growth, Chinese inflation jitters and the prospect of more aggressive US interest rate hikes.
Oil prices slid on fears over the demand impact of China's Covid-19 containment measures.
Macron topped France's first round presidential vote on Sunday, leading far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a larger-than-expected margin.
- 'Solid result' -
With 97 percent votes counted, Macron came in first with 27.6 percent of the vote. Le Pen was second with 23.4 percent.
"A solid result for incumbent Emmanuel Macron ... has helped to allay fears of a Le Pen presidency," said economist Jessica Hinds at research consultancy Capital Economics.
"But the latest polls still point to a very tight race."
Investors had fretted about the implications of a victory for Le Pen in the midst of the war in Ukraine, given her long-standing sympathies for Russia.
"All attention will now turn to the second round on April 24, and the big question for that will be where the supporters of the defeated first-round candidates go," wrote Deutsche Bank analysts in a client note.
On the downside, London stocks slid on official data showing that the UK economy had ground to a near halt in February, growing by just 0.1 percent.
- Dollar eyes 2002 yen peak -
Elsewhere, the dollar hit a 2015 high at 125.54 yen on expectations of more US Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, in contrast with the Bank of Japan's loose policy.
That was not far from the greenback's two-decade peak of 125.86 yen.
The Fed has recently taken a hawkish tone as it embarks on an aggressive tightening path to counter runaway inflation.
In China, factory-gate inflation was higher than expected in March, official data showed, as Russia's war on Ukraine pushes up oil prices while a domestic Covid-19 resurgence strains food supplies and consumer costs.
The producer price index -- measuring the cost of goods at the factory gate -- grew 8.3 percent on-year, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures showed.
In Jakarta, Indonesia's biggest tech firm GoTo soared on its debut after a billion-dollar IPO -- the world's fifth-biggest this year.
- Key figures around 1100 GMT -
Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.8 percent at 6,600.81 points
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.3 percent at 7,643.26
Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.4 percent at 14,232.76
EURO STOXX 50: UP 0.1 percent at 3,861.78
Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0911 from $1.0877 late Friday
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.3038 from $1.3025
Euro/pound: UP at 83.68 pence from 83.51 pence
Dollar/yen: UP at 125.50 yen from 124.34 yen
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.61 percent at 26,821.52 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 3.03 percent at 21,208.30 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 2.61 percent at 3,167.13 (close)
New York - Dow: UP 0.4 percent at 34,721.12 (close)
Brent North Sea crude: DOWN 2.4 percent at $100.44 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 2.4 percent at $95.95 per barrel
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R.Adler--BTB