Continuing jobless claims in the week ended April 18 fell to 2.253 million from 2.327 million in the preceding week. Analysts had expected continuing claims to fall to 2.300 million.The fourweek moving average was 283,750, a decline of 1,250 from the previous week s total of 285,000. The monthly average is seen as a more accurate gauge of labor trends because it reduces volatility in the weektoweek data.
EURUSD was trading at 1.1179 from around 1.1202 ahead of the release of the data, GBPUSD was at 1.5404 from 1.5422 earlier, while USDJPY was at 119.06 from 118.84 earlier.The US dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, was at 94.98, compared to 94.80 ahead of the report.
Meanwhile, U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower open. The Dow futures pointed to a drop of 0.15%, the S P 500 futures shed 0.15%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures slumped 0.4%.Elsewhere, in the commodities market, gold futures traded at 1,202.60 a troy ounce, compared to 1,205.20 ahead of the data, while crude oil traded at 59.07 a barrel from 59.05 earlier. We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind:Enrich the conversationStay focused and on track.
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