Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major ... the U.S. Labor Department's weekly unemployment claims are due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Claims are expected to ease to 221,000 vs.

U.S. stock futures erased their tepid early gains in premarket action Thursday after the latest reading on the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week saw an unexpected spike.

Initial jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 227,000. Claims have been steady at relatively low levels for most of the year. Economists had anticipated an increase of 1,000 to 230,000.

US stock market future updates show Dow futures rising 60 points ahead of key jobless claims data and the ECB rate decision.

Pre-market futures are up at this hour ... over the last month — but that was off a pretty low base. Initial Jobless Claims this morning came in relatively in-line with expectations — 228K ...

The Dow traded up 0.17% to 41,932.94 while the NASDAQ rose 0.66% to 18,997.89. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.20% to 5,856.28. U.S. initial jobless claims fell by 2,000 from the previous week ...

U.S. stocks closed mixed as investors wondered if Trump's call with Xi would yield any trade results. They also await monthly ...

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA ... Investors also have the latest unemployment data to unpack. Jobless claims totaled 227,000 last week, slightly below analysts' estimates ...

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI ... the latter by triple-digits. Jobless claims for last week totaled 215,000, below estimates of 225,000 and marking a two-month low.