• Reuters

    Analysis-Shock French left election win is little solace for nervous investors

    A shock election win for France's leftist alliance has reinforced wariness among investors who had already braced for the risk of political deadlock and a policy paralysis that's unlikely to improve the country's creaking public finances. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance won the most seats in Sunday's election, but fell far short of an absolute majority, a big surprise after Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) led opinion polls. France, at the centre of the euro project and the bloc's second biggest economy, still faces a hung parliament and taxing negotiations to form a government as markets had already anticipated - just with the left in pole position, rather than the far-right.

  • Investor's Business Daily

    Stocks Climb As Dow Jones Leads; Nvidia, Other Chip Stocks Rally (Live Coverage)

    The Dow Jones led the major indexes on Monday. Semiconductor stocks acted strong after analysts' price target hikes.

  • Storyful

    Waters Rise on Galveston Island as Beryl Makes Landfall on Texas Gulf Coast

    Strong winds and storm surge hit parts of the Texas Gulf Coast on Monday, July 8, as Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the region.This footage was filmed by Nancy Kitchel, who said she captured it from her home on Galveston Island on Monday morning.Warnings for damaging winds, flash flooding, and storm surge were in effect for the Houston and Galveston areas throughout Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Credit: Nancy Kitchel via Storyful