NEW YORK - U.S. equity futures are trading lower before the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the coronavirus aid bill.
The major futures indexes are indicating a decline of 1.6 percent, or about 350 Dow points, when trading begins on Friday. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Stocks have gained for three straight days.
On Thursday, Wall Street appeared to shrug off miserable news on unemployment as the S&P 500 rose 6.2 percent, bringing its three-day rally to 17.6 percent.
The Dow Industrials have risen an even steeper 21.3 percent since Monday. Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, shattering the prior record set in 1982, as layoffs and