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AP – Japan’s benchmark stock index closed down 5 percent Friday as investors shrugged off an interest rate cut by the central bank and instead unloaded shares for quick profits ahead of a long weekend.

AP – Japan’s benchmark stock index closed down 5 percent Friday as investors shrugged off an interest rate cut by the central bank and instead unloaded shares for quick profits ahead of a long weekend.

AP – The stock market closed out a horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance Friday as more investors took chances on stocks turned into bargains by waves of intense selling. The session’s advance — which gave the market its first back-to-back gains in more than a month — fed hopes that Wall Street has indeed found a bottom.

Reuters – Wall Street hopes to turn a new page as it heads into November, but next week is littered with hurdles ranging from the U.S. presidential election to a likely gloomy jobs report.

Reuters – U.S. stocks ended one of their worst months on record, but signs of further thawing in credit markets lifted battered shares on Friday.

AP – India’s benchmark Sensex index surged 8.22 percent Friday as traders caught up with Thursday’s sharp rally in global markets.

Reuters – While the market for initial public offerings has shut down in all industries, with no deals in the United States in nearly three months, biotechnology companies desperate for capital will likely be waiting in line far longer than others when it does re-open.