Stocks looked set to edge higher on Wednesday, as investors waited for third-quarter earnings from chip maker Nvidia that will determine whether the artificial-intelligence trade can get going again following a recent wobble.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 50 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures climbed 0.3%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were also 0.3% higher.
Bitcoin clawed back some of its recent losses, climbing 0.6% to $91,776 over the past 24 hours. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed 1 basis point to 4.13%. The dollar was up 0.1% against a weighted basket of its peers, and gold rose 0.6% to $4,089 an ounce.