US weekly jobless claims decrease to 267,000

Source: Reuters
On Thursday, the US Department of Labour announced its weekly data. The number of applications for unemployment aid dropped 9,000 to 267,000, whereas analysts surveyed by Reuters expected jobless benefits claims to fall to 270,000. It was the 57th week that applications for unemployment benefits remained below 300,000.
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Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:10:05 GMT

Loonie drops against Greenback

The North American trading session was unsuccessful so far for the USD/CAD pair on Thursday due to the recent fall in oil prices. The US Dollar gained almost 0.5% to C$1.3156 by 16:00 GMT. Meanwhile, WTI lost around 1.9% and Brent dropped 2.0%, trading at $37.04 and $39.03 per barrel, respectively.

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:16:04 GMT

US stock markets trade in green on Wednesday

US stocks traded higher on Wednesday, helped by a surprise decrease in crude inventories and a rise in healthcare stocks. The S&P 500 Index added 0.5% to 2,005 points, while the Dow Jones Index gained 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.7%, increasing to 17,658 and 4,880 points respectively by 15:30 GMT.

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