GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, Bitcoin Rally, Regaining Some Lost Ground with Precious Metals

GLOBAL MARKET - LONDON. MSCI's global equities gauge rallied 1.5% on Friday for its strongest advance in months, after falling in five of the prior six sessions, while bitcoin also bounced from a sharp selloff and spot gold and silver prices regained some lost ground.

Oil prices settled slightly higher as investors monitored talks between the United States and Iran and assessed the possibility of a supply-disrupting Middle East conflict.