Equity markets closed in negative territory on Thursday. IN USA losses amounted to about 1%, in Europe - 2 - 3%. Negative factors were weak economic data in the United States and decisions of the European Central Bank. After the close, American indices continued their decline. By As of 10:54 am, the Dow Jones lost 1.17%, the S & amp; P 500 - 0.92%, NASDAQ - 0.28%. Employment statistics were published yesterday in the United States showing that over the past week number of initial applications for unemployment benefits amounted to 3.8 million. This did not meet the expectations of analysts, ignored 3.5 million. The level of consumer spending in March showed a record drop in history - 7.5% in relation to the February figures. Citizens' incomes decreased by 2%, which was the highest figure in 7 years. In Europe, FTSE 100 (UK) dropped 2.4%, DAX (Germany) - by 2.22%, CAC 40 (France) - by 2.12%. Jerk was the fact that at yesterday's meeting of the ECB