UPDATE 1-U.S. fund investors taper Euro stock buying ahead of French vote

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By Trevor Hunnicutt

NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) - Investors stocked up on

safe-haven U.S.-based gold and bond funds ahead of France's

closely watched presidential election, while trimming purchases

of European stock funds, Lipper data showed on Thursday.

Non-U.S. stock funds attracted $1.5 billion in net cash for

the fifth straight week, according to Thomson Reuters' Lipper

research unit, after pulling in $3.8 billion the prior week.

U.S.-li

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