Best month in decades | Virus jobless toll tops 30 million | Amazon results

April proved one of the strongest months in decades as stocks recovered from their March lows.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE THU, APR 30, 2020 EVENING BRIEF AS OF THU, APR 30, 2020 • 04:30 ET DJIA 24345.72 -1.17% -288.14 S&P 500 2912.43 -0.92% -27.08 NASDAQ 8889.55 -0.28% -25.16   Most Active DOW NAME LAST CHG %CHG MSFT 179.21 +1.78 +1.00% AAPL 293.80 +6.07 +2.11% BA 141.02 +2.02 +1.45% S&P 500 NAME LAST CHG %CHG GE 6.80 +0.22 +3.34% AAL 12.01 -0.62 -4.91% F 5.09 -0.17 -3.23% NASDAQ NAME LAST CHG %CHG AAL 12.01 -0.62 -4.91% AMD 52.39 -1.27 -2.37% MSFT 179.21 +1.78 +1.00% EDITOR'S NOTE More than 30 million Americans have lost their jobs over the past six weeks, the U.S. economy is shrinking dramatically this quarter and the stock market just had its best month since 1987.   Most of Wall Street hates this rally, writes CNBC's Yun Li. It not only ignores human suffering, but it defies current economic fundamentals.   It's risen on hopes that state-by-state reopenings will go well and that promising treatments for the coronavirus in clinical trials will prove effective. The rally also has received trillions of dollars worth of fuel from the Federal Reserve and Congress. Still, a slew of observers see a downturn ahead. "The market may be getting ahead of itself as hope may be offset by reality," said Tony Dwyer, chief market strategist at Canaccord Genuity.   Despite a strong monthly performance, stocks fell on Thursday after another 3.84 million workers filed for unemployment benefits. That brings the total to 30.3 million over the past six weeks.   The market likely won't be able to ignore the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic forever, said Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak.   "History tells us that the odds of another deep decline are very, very high."   Subscribe to CNBC PRO for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world. Al Lewis | CNBC Markets Editor @tellittoal TOP NEWS  Dow drops but notches best month in 33 years Stocks see best month in decades, yet most of Wall Street hates this rally US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks Amazon earnings are out — here are the numbers Track the latest coronavirus news here Oil jumps 25% to end volatile month on a high note J. Crew is preparing for a bankruptcy filing that could come this weekend Big money donors are pressuring Joe Biden against picking Elizabeth Warren for VP: 'He would lose the election' Here are Wall Street's favorite dividend stocks right now NASA awards contracts to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to land astronauts on the moon     TOP VIDEO McDonald's CEO on mixed Q1 earnings and helping employees during pandemic   CNBC PRO Bank of America has a complete breakdown of how to trade retail stocks through the pandemic   SPECIAL REPORTS This level 'would be the all clear' for Apple's stock as iPhone maker heads into earnings: Chart analyst This type of retailer will likely endure thorough coronavirus slowdown, traders say   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2020 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS