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<br>By Devik Jain and Sagarika Jaisinghani<br> <br>Oct 1 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to jump on the first day of the fourth quarter on Thursday as investors remained hopeful of a new coronavirus fiscal aid package, while data showed weekly jobless claims hovered at recession levels.<br> <br>The Trump administration has proposed a new stimulus bill to House Democrats worth more than $1.5 trillion that includes a $20 billion extension in aid for the battered airline industry, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday.<br> <br>Shares of American Airlines Group Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc, United Airlines Holdings Inc and JetBlue Airways Corp rose between 1.5% and 3.3% in premarket trading.<br> <br>"Today it's all about the stimulus being passed or not," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners in Pittsburgh.<br> <br>Optimism around more fiscal support and a slate of better-than-expected data helped Wall Street's main indexes jump on Wednesday, with the S&amp;P 500 clocking its best two-quarter gain since 2009.<br> <br>But with the presidential election less than five weeks away and the domestic economy still reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, analysts have warned of higher volatility over the next few weeks.<br> <br>"Volatility is going to come back in a big way, as opposed to the second quarter, when we were able to just forget everything and pile money into the market and move on," Forrest said.<br> <br>Data on Thursday showed consumer spending rose a better-than-expected 1.0% in August.<br> <br>A separate report showed the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to 837,000 in the week ended Sept.<br><br>26, but stalled at higher levels, suggesting the labor market rebound was cooling as government spending diminishes.<br> <br>Focus now turns to September data on the manufacturing sector due at 10 a.m. ET and the Labor Department's comprehensive jobs report scheduled for release on Friday.<br> <br>Tech mega-caps including Apple Inc, Nvidia Corp , Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc, which tend to rise at a time of economic uncertainty, added between 1.4% and 2.0%.<br> <br>At 8:39 a.m.<br><br>ET, Dow e-minis were up 187 points, or 0.68%, S&amp;P 500 e-minis were up 27.5 points, or 0.82%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 161.75 points, or 1.42%.<br> <br>Boeing Co rose 2.6% a day after Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson conducted a 737 MAX test flight, a milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two fatal crashes.<br> <br>PepsiCo Inc gained 1% after it forecast full-year profit above estimates as consumers bought more of its snacks such as Doritos and Cheetos, while staying indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br> <br>U.S.-listed shares of French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics jumped 6.9% after it saw a sharp rise in automotive and microcontrollers demand  dick in the third quarter, setting it on course to top its 2020 forecast.<br> <br>Shares of Solid Biosciences Inc more than doubled in value as the U.S.<br><br>Food and Drug Administration lifted a clinical halt placed on a trial of its experimental gene therapy for a muscle-wasting disorder.<br> <br>(Reporting by Devik Jain and Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Arun Koyyur)<br>