Futures dip, another ugly jobless claims number ahead

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On a March 25 conference call with Bank of America’s most important equity and equity derivatives traders, the bank’s global head of equities, Fabrizio Gallo, laid out the stakes for those considering staying at home, especially if the crisis lasted for an extended amount of time. “At some point in time, one has to make a decision,” said Gallo to the group assembled on the phone. “And the reason why it’s called critical function is because we have a critical requirement by senior-ups to provide proper and orderly markets. And we cannot provide proper and orderly markets if 99{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} of the population decides they don’t feel comfortable.” The recording obtained by CNBC’s Scott Wapner underscored Wall Street’s balancing act between precaution and performance amid the pandemic. –Wapner, Li

Cruiselines and airlines, which took some of the biggest hits during the sell-off as global travel demand cratered, were pushing higher in premarket trading to continue a recent stretch of solid days. American Airlines and United have both risen more than 2{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in premarket trading after posting double-digit gains on Wednesday. Delta rose 3.1{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} after climbing 4.4{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} Wednesday.Royal Caribbean has gained 2.6{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in premarket trading and is up more than 50{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} for the week. Carnival and Norwegian both rose more than 3{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}. —Pound

Shares of Disney rose more than 5{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} in premarket trading after the media company said that Disney+, its new video streaming service, now has more than 50 million subscribers. That’s almost twice as many as Disney reported on February 4, when it said in its first quarter earnings report that Disney+ reached 26.5 million subscribers during the quarter. The jump has been driven by global stay-at-home orders, as well as the introduction of the service in India where 8 million people have signed up. While Disney is benefiting from more people being home, the stock is down about 30{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} this year as the company has been forced to close its parks. —Fitzgerald

The recent rally in stocks has the major three average all more than 20{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} from their March lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 28.66{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} from its 52-week low on March 23. The S&P 500 is up more than 25{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} from its March low and the Nasdaq Composite is up 22{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} from its low on March 23. The three averages are still 20.75{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}, 18.96{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} and 17.75{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} down from their February high, respectively.This week the Dow is up 11.3{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} heading into its last trading day of the week. The S&P 500 is up 10.5{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} this week and the Nasdaq Composite gained 9.74{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} since Monday. —Fitzgerald

U.S. stock futures dipped on Thursday — the last trading day of the week — as investors braced for the latest U.S. unemployment data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down about 150 points, or 0.7{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f}. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also fell. The move lower comes after a rip higher on Wednesday, which put the Dow and S&P 500 both up more than 10{3c4481f38fc19dde56b7b1f4329b509c88239ba5565146922180ec5012de023f} for the week. —Imbert

With reporting from Yun Li and Scott Wapner.

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