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Dow futures slip as stock market looks ahead to weekly jobless claims report

June 18, 2020

U.S. stock-futures pointed to muted moves on Thursday as investors await a weekly report on the labor market in the U.S. and contend with signs of rising cases and hospitalizations of COVID-19 in more states.

How are benchmarks faring?

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, -1.15% YMM20, -1.12% were trading 87 points, or 0.3%, lower at 25,940, those for the S&P 500 index ES00, -1.01% ESM20, -0.99% were off 10.35 points, or 0.3%, at 3,096.50, while Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, -0.52% NQM20, -0.51% were shedding 9 points to 9,974, a decline of 0.1%.

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