PARIS — Financial markets on Monday took in stride the result of Greek parliamentary elections, which handed a decisive victory to the left-wing Syriza party a day earlier.
Syriza and its outspoken leader, Alexis Tsipras, had campaigned against the austerity measures imposed on Greece by its international creditors. With nearly all of the votes counted, Syriza had 36.3 percent of votes, almost nine points ahead of the governing center-right New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who conceded defeat. Syriza fell two seats short of the 151 that it needed for an outright majority, and it was unclear which party Mr. Tsipras would team up with to form a coalition government.
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David Jolly reported from Paris, and Neil Gough from Hong Kong.
