A.M. Update

S&P futures are down a tenth of a percent, but R2K futures are down -0.5%. Participation will be light again with only two trading days left in 2023. Weekly initial jobless claims totaled 218,000 (consensus 207,000) after last week’s revised count of 206,000 (from 205,000). Continuing claims came in at 1.875 million after last week’s…