AFP - Wall Street shares bounced higher Friday, prompting solid gains in Europe at the end of a month of wild volatility and huge losses amid fears a deep recession lies ahead.
Reuters - Stocks rose more than 2 percent on Friday as financial shares gained on optimism about further signs of thawing in credit markets, but the Dow remained on track to log its worst month in a decade.
AP - World markets rose Friday amid stock buying from pension funds balancing their portfolios at the month's end and a general sense that share prices may have hit a bottom. Asian shares had earlier closed mostly lower.