Equities in the United States traded higher in the premarket on Thursday ahead of the newest updates on initial jobless claims in the country.
Meanwhile, in the technology field, the Department of Defense awarded Google Support Services LLC, Oracle America Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc., and Microsoft Corporation with a contract worth $9 billion on providing it with cloud services for all security domains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average stood flat at 4:45 am ET. At the same time, the Nasdaq 100 rose by 0.24%, and the S&P 500 by 0.12%. The euro lost 0.11% to the dollar at 4:46 am ET to sell for $1.04980.