GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks Up, Dollar Soft in Holiday Thinned Month-End Trade

GLOBAL MARKET - NEW YORK. U.S. shares joined a global rally on Friday, looking set to crown November with Wall Street's biggest monthly gain in a year on post-election growth hopes, while the dollar tracked toward a weekly loss on prospects for firmer rates in Japan and easing in Europe.

U.S. trade was very thin the day after Thanksgiving. Many investors take the day off for a long weekend. Wall Street closes at 1:00 p.m. EST/1600 GMT and the Treasury markets close at 2:00 p.m. and most month end position adjustments were done before the holiday.