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Dow Jones Today Slips as Weekly Jobless Claims Erase Gains

The Dow Jones today traded 30 points lower in premarket trading after U.S. Labor Department announced 220,000 weekly jobless claims – 7,000 more than what analysts expected.

Despite the higher rates of weekly jobless claims, the Labor Department's report was otherwise positive, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield above 3% for the first time since 2011.

Weekly jobless claims remain near a 50-year low.