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* Europe's tech stocks drop 3 pct in worst day since Oct
* French and southern euro zone bonds rally
By Marc Jones
LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Technology stocks fell heavily across Europe and Asia on Monday after the worst day for Apple AAPL.O shares in more than a year, while the euro and European bonds were lifted by pro-European news in France and Italy.
It was set to be a groggy start to the week for Wall Street .N after the hangover of Apple's near 4-percent slump on Friday hit rivals including Samsung 005930.KS and Europe's big chipmakers STMicro STM.PA and Dialog DLGS.DE . .EU
Europe's tech index .SX8P fell 3.5 percent to put it on track for its biggest one-day loss since Britain's Brexit vote a year ago. The index had reached a 15-year high earlier this month having soared around 40 percent over the last year.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX was down 0.8 percent, supported by modest gains in oil prices, which lifted shares in energy stocks, and by first round French parliamentary election results which look set to give President Emmanuel Macron a huge majority to push through pro-business reforms. also offered some support after the eurosceptic 5-Star Movement failed to make the run-off vote in almost all the main cities up for grabs in local elections. government bond yields fell to their lowest since January IT101YT=TWEB and Portugal's to nine-month lows PT10YT=TWEB , while French bonds closed the gap on Germany. GVD/EUR
"Macron doing well in the first round of the French parliamentary elections bodes well for him getting a majority," said Lyn Graham-Taylor, fixed income strategist at Rabobank.
"The fact that 5-Star did poorly in local elections in Italy also suggests a setback for populism in Europe."
The euro rose back to $1.1220 EUR=EBS in the currency markets, where anticipation is building ahead of Wednesday's conclusion of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve meeting at which the central bank is expected to nudge up U.S. interest rates.
But economists will be watching to see whether the recent dip in economic data and uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump has dented confidence.
Britain's sterling was in focus again as it slipped back below $1.27 GBP=D3 GBP/ and 88.30 pence per euro EURGBP= as Prime Minister Theresa May attempted to prop up her position after last week's damaging election. survey from one of the UK's biggest business groups showed confidence had been hit hard by the uncertainty left by the election ahead of the start of Brexit negotiations with the EU next week. plans for leaving the bloc had not changed, her spokesman said on Monday. is hard to overstate what a dramatic impact the current political uncertainty is having on business leaders," said Stephen Martin, director general of the Institute of Directors. "The consequences could - if not addressed immediately - be disastrous for the UK economy."
FEDS UP
Futures markets pointed to further losses for tech-stocks when Wall Street resumes. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was seen down 0.8 percent NQc1 after an almost 2 percent drop on Friday, its third biggest one-day loss of the year. .N
"This is the nature of the tech sector. Valuations do from time to time become very stretched and they come back and anyone who has paid a very high valuation might experience some short-term pain," said Fergus Shaw, fund manager at Cerno Capital.
While year-to-date Nasdaq gains of more than 15 percent have outperformed the wider market, the ebbing of the Trump reflation trade and the slide in U.S. economic surprises deep into negative territory, has prompted some strategists and investors to review the mix of their portfolios.
The G10 economic surprise index, capturing the world's 10 leading economies, has just dipped below zero for the first time in 8 months. JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), said the "reduced upside risk to growth and inflation" had led it to underweight growth sensitive stocks and assets in favour of high income plays.
It is also feeding into dollar weakness. The greenback was a shade lower at 110.040 yen JPY= and the dollar index against a basket of currencies nudged down to 97.118 .DXY , easing back from a nine-day high hit at the end of last week.
In commodities, crude oil prices extended gains after rising on Friday when a pipeline leak in major producer Nigeria overpowered supply worries weighing on the market. O/R
U.S. crude CLc1 and Brent LCOc1 were both more than 1 percent higher at $46.41 and $48.80 a barrel respectively, copper CMCU3 was steady while gold XAU= snapped a three-day losing streak to climb to $1,269 an ounce. GOL/
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