Financial shares were mainly lower in pre-market trade Thursday following data that weekly jobless claims declined 13,000 to 253,000, while the Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in March. In financial stocks news, Bank of America Corp ( BAC ) fell in pre-market trading after it reported a profit for first quarter that lost ground from last year. Analysts had expected the company to earn $0.21 per share, according figures compiled by Thomson Reuters.