Meanwhile, the European Central Bank increased its stimulus program
After the stock market's three-day rally, futures onthe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are down almost 100 points below fair value this morning. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are also drifting lower, after weekly jobless claims came in at 1.9million, surpassing the 1.8 estimates. That makes it now 12 straight weeks of unemployment claims that came in higher than analysts had predicted. However, the damage on Wall Street is being contained so far by news overseas that the European Central Bank (ECB) is increasingits stimulus program, bringing the total now to over 1 trillion euro.
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The healthcare stock that couldremain a June winner. Tiffany stock is down as LVMH raises concernson billion-dollar takeover deal.Plus, Costco rises after an increase in sales, ZG earns a bull note, and FedEx tacks on more delivery fees.Stocks mostly rose in Asia on Thursday, as investors kept watch on the economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan's Nikkei tacked on 0.4%, putting the index up nearly 20% for the quarter. Meanwhile, both Hong Kong's HangSeng and South Korea's Kospi added 0.2%. On the flip side, China's Shanghai lost 0.1%.
In Europe, though minimally, stocks are also trading positive territory, as investors assess the European Central Bank's (ECB) 600 billion euro ($672 billion) Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) expansion. France's CAC 40 is the biggestmover so far, up a paltry 0.06%. Additionally, the German DAX rose 0.02%, followed closely by London's FTSE 100, last seen up 0.01%.