Stocks looked set to pare back some of their losses on Wednesday, with investors trying to figure out whether to buy the dip after the major indexes slid away from record highs the previous session.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average was broadly flat, S&P 500 futures were 0.1% higher, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose 0.3%.
Bonds and gold were the two bright spots on Tuesday, but they looked set to struggle to build on those gains. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was flat at 4.11% and gold futures slipped 0.2% to $3,809 an ounce.
