Futures Jump on Hopes of Slowdown in Coronavirus Cases
April 6, 2020, at 5:53 a.m.
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped about 4% on Monday after President Donald Trump expressed hope that the coronavirus health crisis in the United States was "leveling-off" in some of the country's hardest-hit areas.
Wall Street's main indexes fell more than 1.5% on Friday as a record 113-month expansion in U.S. employment came to an abrupt end, underlining the extent of the pandemic's economic devastation."
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