Macron offers hope for French equity market amid virus

Sam Kerr

April 15, 2020 11:45 am

(200414) -- PARIS, April 14, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A spectator watches TV as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks from the Elysee Palace during a televised address in Paris, France, April 13, 2020. France would remain under a nationwide lockdown until May 11 to stem the spread of COVID-19 and reduce its impact on domestic health institutions, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday evening. "The epidemic is starting to slow down. The results are there. Thanks to your efforts, everyday we have made progress," the president addressed the nation in his third TV appearance since the epidemic started. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) | Gao Jing/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

French president Emmanuel Macron may have extended the country’s Covid-19 lockdown until May 11 but equity bankers took hope from his address to the country this week.

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