In the week through Sept. 28, there were 225,000 initial jobless claims, compared economists expectations of 220,000 initial claims.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, but Hurricane Helene's rampage in the U.S. Southeast and strikes at Boeing and ports could distort the labor market picture in the near term.

EUR/USD stays under bearish pressure and trades at a fresh multi-week low below 1.1050 on Thursday. Sustained USD strength despite the worse-than-expected Jobless Claims data weighs on the pair, while rising bets for an ECB rate cut in October undermine the Euro.