Global equity class="mandelbrot_refrag"> markets and the dollar rose on Friday, with U.S. stocks closing at record highs, after data on U.S. jobs creation bolstered risk appetite that was also fed by the European Central Bank's pledge to douse deflation with bundles of cash. The Dow and class="mandelbrot_refrag"> S&P 500 advanced in a broad rally that has spurred repeated records since last week. The CBOE Volatility index VIX, a measure of investor apprehension, tumbled 8.3 percent to its lowest level since February 2007. In Europe, peripheral class="mandelbrot_refrag"> markets outperformed as investors bet that banks in the class="mandelbrot_refrag"> euro zone would benefit the most from the ECB's measures announced on Thursday. true The U.S. nonfarm payrolls report showed a solid pace of hiring in May, returning employment to its pre-crisis level. The economy has recouped the 8.7 million jobs lost du