在全球股市经历剧烈动荡的一周临近结束时，在星期五上午的交易中， 美国股市上涨。欧洲股市在星期五的交易中大幅度攀升。
亚洲股市涨跌互见。但是， 英国、法国和德国股市在这周交易结束时都出现大幅度上涨。早些时候，法国、意大利、西班牙和比利时纷纷出台禁止卖空股市的禁令，以平息对欧洲各国政府累积巨额债务的恐慌所引发的市场剧烈震荡。
在美国，三大股指星期五均出现上涨。领头的道琼斯30种工业股平均指数上涨1%以上。由于美国就业报告好过预期，投资者大受鼓励，欧洲和美国股市星期四也大幅攀升。星期五的一份报告显示，7月份，美国消费者支出创下四个月来的最快增幅。
星期四，道指收盘时上涨4%。此前一天，曾下跌将近5%。道指一周来经历剧烈的反复涨跌，一天大幅度上涨，另一天则大幅度下跌。标准普尔500指数和纳斯达克星期四收盘时也走高。
U.S. stocks advanced in early trading Friday -- and European markets soared -- at the end of a volatile week at exchanges throughout the world.
Asian markets ended mixed. But share prices in Britain, France and Germany all jumped near the end of trading for the week. Earlier, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium each banned the short-selling of stocks to calm market turmoil sparked by fears about huge debts accumulated by European governments. Short-selling is an attempt to profit by betting that a stock's price will fall.
In the United States, three benchmark indexes rose Friday, with the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 key stocks up more more than one percent. European and U.S. stock markets also rose sharply Thursday as traders drew encouragement from a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report, and a Friday report showed U.S. consumer spending advanced in July by the biggest amount in four months.
The Dow index ended up 4 percent Thursday, after plummeting almost five percent the day before, in a week of alternating days of huge losses followed by massive gains. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ also closed higher Thursday.