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\n Traders and financial professionals work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the opening bell on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Global stock markets ended their worst week in months amid rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, though U.S. stock indexes steadied on Friday to close up slightly. <\/p>\n

Nervous investors drove shares lower earlier in the week, after President Trump declared Tuesday that the U.S. would react with “fire and fury<\/a>” to further nuclear provocations from North Korea. North Korea responded with threats to launch missiles into the Pacific Ocean near Guam, a U.S. territory.<\/p>\n

Amid the hot rhetoric, U.S. stocks sold off sharply on Thursday, with the S&P 500 falling more than 1 percent. By the end of the day nearly $1 trillion in equity had been lost globally. Asian and European stocks continued the sharp decline Friday. <\/p>\n

But U.S. stocks regained some lost ground, despite Trump’s comments Friday that U.S. weapons are “locked and loaded,”<\/a> ready to respond if North Korea acts “unwisely.” <\/p>\n