Business news live from singapore. Investors cheered the results of the first round of voting in the french elections. And singapore is aiming to be the first smart nation ever. But is it learning fast enough to keep up with the competition . Good morning, asia and hello, world. This is monday and thank you for joining us. We start off with the french elections and voters have indeed spoken. From 11 president ial candidates, the pro european candidates, the pro european candidate emmanual macron will be facing far right Marine Le Pen in a run off election on may seven. The winner will lead the second largest economy in europe and one of the seven largest in the world. Lets have a look at the Currency Board and the eurojumps to a have a look at the Currency Board and the euro jumps to a five month high against the us dollar following the election result. A relief rally for the euro. There were worries that if Marine Le Pen won the presidency outright that would spur funds to leave the e