SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PLAN TO PHASE OUT THEIR CONTAINMENT

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Industrial production in the eurozone fell 0.1% in February from a month earlier and 1.9% from a year earlier, data released Thursday showed.
Germany is the latest in a growing number of European countries this week to set a course on how to reopen their economies as they cautiously loosen restrictions on public life and business. Smaller shops will reopen on April 20th and schools have reopened on May 4th. However, mass gatherings are still banned until August 31.
On Thursday, the labor department said more than 5.2 million people filed new claims for jobless benefits in the week ended April 11, down from the previous two weeks, but the latest report said the total number of americans who lost their jobs during the recession reached 22 million. U.S. stocks were mixed Thursday as the unemployment data contrasted with optimism that the U.S. could soon start to slow.
Stocks up and down in a glance
Among individual stocks, German food ingredients company HelLOFresh surged more than 11%, while Danish bioscience company CHR Hansen rose more than 10% after its second-quarter growth beat expectations.
M&G, the investment management firm, fell nearly 10%, while Capita, the UK corporate outsourcing giant, fell almost 11%to the bottom of the European blue-chip index.