The coronavirus pandemic has quickly evolved from a health crisis to a financial one, shuttering businesses, upending entire industries and sending financial markets reeling.
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MORE: Coronavirus live updates: More than 50,000 cases in NYCDespite the staggering unemployment filings figure released earlier in the day, U.S. financial markets rallied as oil prices soared.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up more than 450 points, or 2.2%. The S&P 500 climbed 2.3% and the Nasdaq rose 1.7%.
The best performers for the Dow Thursday were energy giants Chevron and Exxon Mobil, which saw gains of approximately 11% and 7%, respectively.
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that he spoke to his "friend" Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, expressing confidence that Saudi Arabia and Russia will be taking action to temper their ongoing oil price war.
Trump said the prince spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to cut back oil production by at least 10 million barrels.
Shortly after Trump's tweet, however, a spokesperson for Putin denied that he spoke to the Saudi crown prince.
Still, prices for Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, spiked more than 23% on Thursday. West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the U.S. benchmark, similarly jumped more than 24%.
Amazon announced Thursday a series of new safety measures for its employees.
The company said it would check the temperature of all staff when they arrived at work and employees with a temperature over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit would be sent home.
Moreover, Amazon said it would increase the supply of personal protective equipment as well as disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer. Daily audits of its new health and safety measures would also be conducted.
The announcement comes just days after a group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York City walked off the job and went on strike Monday, demanding the company shut down and thoroughly clean the sprawling facility after they say multiple employees there have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
MORE: Coronavirus crisis has people struggling to pay bills: Here's what you can doA record-smashing 6,648,000 people filed for unemployment in the week ending March 28 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday.
The COVID-19 financial crisis has clobbered the U.S. economy, forcing thousands of businesses to shutter amid government-mandated stay-in-place orders.
The service industry, led by accommodation and food services, was among the hardest-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the DOL data. Other industries that have been heavily impacted include health care/social assistance, manufacturing, retail and construction, the DOL said.
Friday's staggering figure is an increase of more than 3 million from the previous record -- which was just released last week -- that showed the first labor impacts of the outbreak in the U.S.
MORE: Coronavirus leads to surge in wills: 'Everyone is thinking about their mortality'Just a few months ago, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was near a 50-year low.
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