(Kitco News) - World stock markets were mostly weaker overnight. U.S. stock indexes are also pointed toward slightly lower openings when the New York day session begins. Sunday's French presidential election saw the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron easily defeat the right-wing candidate Marine LePen. Gold prices are holding decent gains in pre-U.S. trading, on short covering and bargain hunting To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2017 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post World Stock Markets Weaker; French Presidential Election Results As Expected appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .