The euro fell on Monday as a threat from France's far right to collapse its government kept European markets under pressure, while tech stocks lifted global shares and the dollar firmed in a key week for the U.

The MSCI gauge of Asian shares headed for a second day of gains with benchmarks in South Korea and Australia among those gaining

Paris stocks wobbled and the euro fell Monday as a budget standoff in France fueled concern about the eurozone's second-biggest economy.

Paris stocks wavered and the euro fell Monday as a budget standoff in France fuelled concern about the eurozone's second-biggest economy.