Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria Starmer
European stock markets climbed in early trade on Friday as investors digested news that Labour, as expected, won a resounding election victory in Britain, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
The FTSE 100 index in London jumped 0.4 percent on the announcement that Keir Starmer, the leader of the centre-left opposition Labour Party, will become Britain’s new prime minister.
Meanwhile, the Paris CAC 40 stocks index rose 0.3 percent and Frankfurt’s DAX advanced 0.6 percent with eurozone investors on edge ahead of France’s crucial legislative vote this weekend.
In France, tactical voting tactics to prevent the far-right from taking over the government have helped European stock markets.
Analysts, however, remain concerned that if there is no overall winner on Sunday, the European Union’s second-largest economy may enter a period of political impasse.
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