French stock market drops after election surprise; Britvic agrees to improved Carlsberg offer – business live

Live coverage of business, economics and markets after New Popular Front is largest party in second round of France’s election, with far-right third

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France’s left-wing coalition came first in the second round of its parliamentary election in a shock result that keeps the far-right out of power. Investors are bracing for uncertainty as they wait to see whether the left can work with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together alliance.