Weekly Initial Jobless Claims plunge to 338K vs. 350K consensus. This is a fall of 42,000; the biggest fall in a year.
The foregoing is very good news for the U. S. economy.
Interest rates are rising.
Oil is mostly unchanged.
Gold futures are at $1211, silver futures are at $19.84, and oil futures are $99.34.
The SP500 still marking higher levels
