Stock Futures Decline as Dow Drops 253 Points After Strong Week

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Stock futures declined on Sunday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures falling 253 points, or 0.5%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures decreased by 0.6% and 0.7%, respectively. Last week, S&P 500 experienced a gain of nearly 6%, marking its best performance since late November. West Texas Intermediate futures rose 1.9% to $113.53 per barrel, while Brent crude increased by 1.3% to $110.44 per barrel. The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, exceeding the Dow Jones consensus of 59,000, with the unemployment rate dropping to 4.3%.