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U.S. equity markets battled back from steep losses early Thursday and were on track to retain the remnants of their gains from the Trump era.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average turned higher after a drop of 721 points, or 3.6 percent, shortly after the open. If the Dow were down at least 166.52 points at the close of trading, that would erase the entirety of its once-sizeable increase since President Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2017.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite, which also posted steep losses earlier, rallied too.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	20139.54	+240.62	+1.21%
SP500	S&P 500	2390.97	-7.13	-0.30%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	7101.199756	+111.36	+1.59%

Thursday's action comes after President Trump signed a second coronavirus measure into law on Wednesday evening, which provides paid sick leave, unemployment help and free testing to Americans.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sickened 9,415 people in the U.S. and killed 150, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.

The impact of “shelter in place” orders, social distancing between people, the cancellation of non-essential travel and the closure of many restaurants and bars has started to show up in economic data.

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The number of weekly jobless claims jumped by 281,000 in the week ended March 14, according to the Department of Labor, exceeding the increase of 220,000 that economists surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting.

Looking at stocks, travel-related names, which have been in the eye of this financial storm, were divided.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
AAL	AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC.	10.75	-0.90	-7.73%
RCL	ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES	21.97	-0.36	-1.61%
H	HYATT HOTELS	37.02	+0.46	+1.26%
BKNG	BOOKING HOLDINGS INC.	1,181.64	-52.11	-4.22%

Beaten-down energy companies saw some reprieve as West Texas Intermediate crude oil spiked 10.8 percent to $23.07 a barrel. Crude plunged by more than 24 percent on Wednesday, touching a low near $20.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
XOM	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION	33.37	+0.25	+0.75%
CVX	CHEVRON CORP.	54.95	-0.10	-0.18%
CLR	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	8.42	+0.54	+6.85%

Money poured back into the U.S. Treasury market, flattening the yield curve and pushing the benchmark 10-year yield down 12.4 basis points to 1.13 percent. Still, the bank stocks gained.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
JPM	JP MORGAN CHASE & CO.	84.32	+0.43	+0.51%
BAC	BANK OF AMERICA CORP.	20.52	-0.27	-1.30%
WFC	WELLS FARGO & COMPANY	27.31	-0.81	-2.88%

In manufacturing, Harley-Davidson suspended production at its U.S. plants while General Motors and Ford are looking into the possibility of making medical equipment at their factories.

Tesla shares gained after the electric automaker received upgrades at Bank of America and Morgan Stanley due its valuation.

Elsewhere, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced the closing of its stores for two weeks amid declining traffic due to COVID-19.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
HOG	HARLEY DAVIDSON	17.63	-2.53	-12.55%
GM	GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY	17.52	+0.72	+4.29%
F	FORD MOTOR COMPANY	4.25	-0.26	-5.67%
TSLA	TESLA INC.	410.75	+49.53	+13.71%
DKS	DICKS SPORTING	16.85	+0.29	+1.77%

In Europe, Germany’s DAX gained 0.8 percent and France’s CAC rallied 1.2 percent after the European Central Bank launched a 750 billion-euro ($805 billion) asset purchase plan. Britain’s FTSE added 0.7 percent after the Bank of England cut rates by 50 basis points.

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Asian markets ended lower, with South Korea’s Kospi plunging 8.4 percent after the government said it was preparing for a possible credit crunch. Elsewhere, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.6 percent, while China’s Shanghai Composite and Japan’s Nikkei both lost 1 percent.

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