Global stocks achieve strongest weekly performance in nine months.
Global stocks posted their strongest week since November, as volatility subsided and investors brushed off recent concerns about a potential US recession.
Equity markets worldwide made a strong comeback from the earlier month’s downturn, supported by encouraging US data that indicated resilient consumer spending and declining inflation.
Wall Street's S&P 500 index ended a four-week losing streak, closing the week up 3.9%, including a 0.2% gain on Friday, marking its best performance since November.
"A lot of the fear and trepidation has dissipated," said Joe Mazzola, head trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab. "The data shows the US economy is slowing, but that's expected after two years of rate hikes. It's just when the slowdown becomes evident that nerves star...





