Stock-market futures perk up after weekly jobless claims put in first reading below 1 million in the pandemic era
U.S. stock-index futures on Thursday popped below one million claims for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initial U.S. weekly jobless claims came in at 963,000, marking the first time the reading of Americans looking for work have come in under 1 million in more than 20 weeks. The report also was below economists consensus forecast for a reading of about 1.1 million. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.04%
YMU20,
+0.05%
YMU20,
+0.05%
were up 18 points,…
