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AI Stocks Lead a Rebound on Wall Street as European Markets Drop Following Protests

AI-linked stocks lifted Wall Street as investors awaited major earnings, while French markets fell on protests that pushed up borrowing costs and hit retailer Carrefour.

  • Mass protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions swept across France over the weekend, with shops ransacked in Paris and a fire destroying the historic town hall in Limoges.
  • French government bonds, known as OATs, faced significant selloffs Friday as 10-year yields reached around 4.78%, with the spread over German debt widening to roughly 137 basis points.
  • Charlotte de Montpellier, ING's senior economist, noted reforming the pension system is "highly unpopular" and necessary to stabilize France's debt trajectory amid acute fiscal dilemmas.
  • Investment manager Ninety One warned Monday that failing to pass the 2027 budget could push France's deficit above the European Union's 3% limit, threatening governing stability.
  • Capital Economics markets economist Elias Hilmer forecast French spreads could widen to 200 basis points by late 2027, with the European Central Bank potentially reluctant to intervene.
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International investors are currently more critical of the country than Italy or Greece. French government bond yields, a risk indicator, have been at the highest level since 2002.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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European shares fell after the start of trading. Investors expressed concerns that protests in France will slow down efforts to cut spending. The pan-European STOXX Europe 600 index, which tracks trading on stock exchanges in Britain and selected EU countries, was down 0.66 percent at 635 points after 09:30 CEST.

European stock markets fell yesterday as bond yields jumped.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Capital.fr broke the news in Gennevilliers, France on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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