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AFP - London shares zigzagged ending in the black on Friday with commodities taking hits and airlines rising.

Reuters - Oil rose in late Friday trade on short-covering ahead of OPEC’s meeting this weekend after slowing demand sent prices down nearly 20 percent in November.

AP - Investors held off making big moves in the stock market early Friday following enormous gains earlier in the week, as Wall Street braced for what is expected to be a weak holiday showing from retailers.

AP - Wall Street climbed again Friday, wrapping up its biggest five-day rally in more than 75 years, even as investors digested signs of a bleak holiday season for retailers and fears that a flurry of reports next week will show more economic distress.

AP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were up at midday Friday.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Friday on light volume in an abbreviated session, capping the best week for the S&P 500 since at least 1980, as investors hoped government and central bank moves unveiled this week would boost the economy.

AP - Japanese stocks rose Friday amid growing investor optimism that economy-boosting steps by governments around the world would help ward off a deep global recession.

AP - Hong Kong’s key stock index advanced for a fourth straight session Friday as investors bet Wall Street will extend gains when trade resumes following the Thanksgiving holiday.

AP - China’s stocks retreated Friday on profit-taking but ended November with the biggest one-month gain in 15 months on optimism about a multibillion-dollar economic stimulus package.

AFP - The London stock market rose 0.15 percent to 4,232.50 points when trading began on Friday.