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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Thursday at the end of a strong month for stock markets globally as a grim U.S. jobless claims report overshadowed upbeat results from Facebook and Tesla.

Technology firms were mixed in Thursday's pre-bell trading. The Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) was marginally lower, while the Semiconductor Sector Index Fund (SOXX) was down 0.67%

Over the past six weeks, 30.3 million jobs have been lost which is 3.5 times the total number lost during the Great Recession and 18.4% of the civilian labor force as of February 2020.

Over the past six weeks, 30.3 million jobs have been lost which is 3.5 times the total number lost during the Great Recession and 18.4% of the civilian labor force as of February 2020.

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Dow and S&P 500 stock index futures dipped on Thursday at the end of a strong month for Wall Street, with investors nervous about another stunning jobless claims figure, while Nasdaq futures were supported by upbeat earnings from Facebook and Tesla.

Twitter Inc on Thursday said its ads sales slightly rebounded in Asia after a plunge due to the coronavirus outbreak and it had accelerated work on tools to attract advertisers, becoming the latest tech company to report a lighter blow from the pandemic than forecast.

Dow and S&P 500 stock index futures dipped on Thursday as nerves kicked in at the end of an overall strong month for stocks with investors awaiting the weekly jobless claims data, while Nasdaq futures rose after upbeat earnings from Facebook and Tesla.

Twitter Inc on Thursday said that its ads sales had slightly rebounded in Asia after a plunge due to the coronavirus outbreak and that it had accelerated work on tools to attract key advertisers, becoming the latest tech company to report a lighter blow from the pandemic than forecast.

India's Reliance Industries has cut the pay of some top oil-and-gas division employees by up to 50%, according to six sources and a letter seen by Reuters, as it battles lower profitability because of the coronavirus epidemic.

European stocks and U.S. stock futures paused on Thursday, after the strong gains on growing optimism over the progress of medical treatments for Covid-19 as central banks try to limit the economic damage.

Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg offered dueling views on lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with Facebook's Zuckerberg endorsing the measures while Tesla's Musk condemned them as anti-democratic.

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U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday as hopes for an effective COVID-19 treatment prompted a broad rally and helped investors shrug off bleak GDP data and words of warning from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Wall Street stock indexes surged on Wednesday as hopes for an effective COVID-19 treatment prompted a broad rally and helped investors look past bleak economic data.

Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday said any user will soon be able to host free video conferences on Meet, turning its previously business-only tool into a bigger rival to Zoom and others battling for users during the coronavirus outbreak.

U.S. stocks jumped to seven-week highs on Wednesday as Gilead Sciences gave an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment and upbeat earnings from Google-parent Alphabet boosted the so-called market-leading FAANG stocks.

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What happened Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) were cruising higher today, riding the coattails of rival Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), whose stock jumped nearly 10% on a better-than-expected earnings report. Since both Facebook and Alphabet's Google dominate the ma

U.S. stocks jumped to seven-week highs on Wednesday as Gilead Sciences gave an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment and upbeat earnings from Google-parent Alphabet boosted shares of other technology and internet giants.