By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global equity markets eked out gains on Friday at the end of a tumultuous week dominated by concerns over the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West. Strong earnings from Apple and other tech firms buoyed U.S. markets during the session but the major indexes remained on course for a weekly drop, as did the pan-European STOXX 600 index, down 1.02% on the day for a fourth week of losses.[.N][EU] Economic reports helped eased inflation fears. “The widely-watched employment cost index came in a touch softer t…