French financial markets had mostly recovered from a political dustup earlier this week when Sebastien Lecornu stepped down as prime minister, before being reappointed late Friday.
The gap in yields between French 10-year bonds and their German counterparts narrowed from a 13-year peak on Monday. French stocks recouped their losses at week’s end before President Emmanuel Macron moved to give the centrist ally another shot — a last-ditch attempt to find a way out of the political crisis.