Initial Claims Higher-Than-Expected

Pre-market futures are keeping mildly positive this morning, as they were yesterday at the closing bell. We do have seasonal lower volume overall, so it's nice to see the moves at these levels remain in the green. The Dow is up another +45 points, the S&P 500 +11 and the Nasdaq +63 points at this hour. Bond yields are also cooling slightly: 3.83% on the 10-year, 3.97% on the 2-year. Jobless Claims Stay Well-Behaved This being Thursday morning, we see new Weekly Jobless Claims flattish with last week's talli ...