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. The euro slipped after France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen gave the strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week.