Matthew J. Belvedere
1. Dow points to a lower open after first back-to-back gains since February

A man walks by the Wall Street subway sign on March 23, 2020 in New York City.
Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images
Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images
2. Unprecedented number of initial jobless claims expected
The unprecedented number of initial jobless claims that’s expected for last week is due out one
hour before the stock market opens on Wall Street. Claims of over 1
million would be exponentially higher than the prior week’s big rise
3. Senate coronavirus relief bill moves to the House
The Democratic-controlled House is scheduled to take up the Senate coronavirus relief bill Friday morning. In a letter Wednesday night to colleagues, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
said, “Members who want to come to the House Floor to debate this bill
will be able to do so. In addition, we are working to ensure that those
who are unable to return to Washington may express their views on this
legislation remotely.” The GOP-controlled Senate unanimously passed the
bill, 96-0, a product of days of negotiations with Democrats and the
White House. The package includes direct payments to individuals, grants
and loans to businesses and more health-care funding.
4. US cases surge ahead of Trump’s G-20 meeting
People line up outside Elmhurst Hospital to get tested due to coronavirus outbreak on March 24, 2020 in Queens, New York City.
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images
U.S. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images
5. Coronavirus death tolls in Italy and Spain spike higher
Red
Cross staff wearing a protective containment suit return to the Red
Cross headquarters after transporting a Covid 19 patient to a hospital
in Turin on March 25, 2020 in Turin, Italy.
Stefano Guidi | Getty Images
Italy, which has had the most fatalities of any country, has seen its death toll top 7,500,
more than double China’s 3,291 fatalities. Italy’s total cases of more
than 74,300 are approaching the world’s infection leader China, which
has 81,700 cases. The U.S. Stefano Guidi | Getty Images
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