Global stock markets were on their( way) to a third week of gains on Friday, with emerging markets favored, while the (threat) of Japanese intervention kept the yen close to its lows for the month.
Japanese stocks were (poised) for the largest weekly gains in two months following Tokyo's aggressive yen selling on Wednesday, which may have (totaled) as much as 1.9 trillion yen, and repeated pledge to do more if necessary.
Still, that has been mostly catch up with other advanced markets after (underperforming) most of the current quarter.