U.S. equity futures inched higher on Wednesday, though trading was timid ahead of U.S. data that could show stubborn inflation forcing a faster pace of rate rises from the Federal Reserve.
How are stock-index futures trading
On Tuesday, the Dow industrials DJIA fell 193 points, or 0.62%, to 30,981, the S&P 500 SPX declined 0.9% to 3,819, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP dropped 0.9%, to 11,265.
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