World Stocks Eye Best Month Since Late 2020, Dollar Slips

World Stocks Eye Best Month Since Late 2020, Dollar Slips
Passersby wearing protective face masks walk in front of an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei share average, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, on July 14, 2022. Issei Kato/Reuters
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LONDON—Global stocks rose on Friday, on course for their best month since late 2020, as eurozone growth beat expectations, while the dollar staged a recovery from the day’s lows as traders await fresh U.S. data for clues to the outlook for rates.

As inflation surges across major markets and central bankers fight to raise rates without killing off growth, riskier markets like stocks have tended to react positively to any perceived softening in sentiment on the part of policymakers.