NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / April 25, 2017 / Bank stocks edged higher on Monday after news revealed that France's Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen for presidency in May. Many investors have feared that Le Pen's election could result in France removing itself from the European Union and create instability. Traders anxiously bought up shares of both Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG on the account that political observers now see a Le Pen victory being unlikely after French preliminary voting on Sunday.

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Deutsche Bank AG was one of the many European bank stocks to rally on Monday after Sunday's first round of the French presidential election. Shares of U.S. listed Deutsche Bank closed up 11.33%. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have now entered a presidential runoff after winning 23.8% and 21.6% of the weekend vote in France. The bank also announced that it has hired Philip Pucciarelli and Robert Verdier, two senior Healthcare Investment Bankers, from BMO Capital Markets. "Healthcare is a clear area of focus and investment for the bank," said Mark Fedorcik, Head of Corporate Finance Americas and Co-Head of CIB Americas. Deutsche Bank is Germany's leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.

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Credit Suisse Group AG shares closed up 4.29% on Monday as it followed the trend of Bank stocks rallying over France's pre-election results from Sunday. The gain was more than welcome considering the Swiss Bank offered to cut bonuses for top management by 40 percent and freeze pay for its board of directors earlier this month. The bank will have a general shareholder meeting this Friday and investors are not entirely optimistic that a 40% bonus cut for the bank's senior executives will squash any possibility of confrontation. Credit Suisse Chairman Urs Rohner told the Financial Times that the anti-bonus reaction "was more than I expected, and particularly among UK and professional or institutional investors and proxy advisers."

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