Stock market news live updates: Stocks listless after unexpected jump in jobless claims

Stock market news live updates: Stocks listless after unexpected jump in jobless claims

Stock futures rose on Thursday, with investors looking to earnings and data for impetus to extend a 2-day rally that wiped out losses sustained during the worst trading day of 2021. 

Sentiment took a hit after an unexpected jump in jobless claims, which last week set a fresh pandemic-era low. New unemployment filings jumped to 419,000 in the latest week, well above consensus estimates of 360,000.