French election still presents opportunities
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FRENCH ELECTION STILL PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES
Markets have been in a risk-positive mood during the last two days, perhaps as some of the risk premium associated with worst case scenarios in France has been unwound.
With both a far-left or far-right majority ruled out, and a better-than-expected showing for the centre, French assets are slowly recovering.
The spread between French and German 10-year yields DE10FR10=RR, a gauge of the premium investors require to hold French debt over German, narrowed to 62.4 bps on Thursday, its tightest level since June 13, having widened to 85 bps in mid-June.
France's main CAC 40 index .FCHI has gained over 1.5% in two days, but it's still almost 5% below the level it was trading before Macron called the election on June 9.
"We still remain inthe camp that French elections provide a buying opportunity as the broader macro picture remains supportive and the tail risk of extreme policies is lower," write Mohit Kumar, chief Europe economist at Jefferies.
"For equities and credit, our focus is on financials where we have had a broadly bullish European financials view for a while."
France's three main banks - Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole - are all down 6%-10% since the election was called.
Yet, while France still grapples with forming a government, Kumar thinks the U.S. should outperform Europe, while European names should outperform France.
In FX markets, UBS analysts say the near-term implications are that a phase of turbulence is now "not likely" as potential conflict between the next French government and the EU is off the table.
That is evident in the Deutsche Bank FX Volatility Index .DBCVIX, a measure of currency market swings, which has fallen to its lowest level since the end of May, having spiked to seven-week highs in mid-June.
Still, UBS is bearish on the single currency, targeting $1.05 against the dollar in the long-term, because while French outcomes are not the worst case, they are not exactly good for the euro either, the Swiss bank says.
The euro last trades at $1.0847, within the middle of the 2024 trading range of $1.0601-$1.1047.
(Samuel Indyk)
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