Major U.S. stock futures changed little in Asian trading on Wednesday after the broader market rallied hard in the previous session. The market may need the next big thrust to continue the upward momentum.

US-China trade truce euphoria is giving way to worry over economic slowdown in the wait for the latest US consumer inflation report

The move in futures comes after a broadly positive day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.61% for its fifth straight positive session. The Dow fell 0.64%, weighed down by UnitedHealth, but is still up on the week.

Stocks are soaring Monday as investors cheer weekend talks that saw China and the U.S. agree to slash tariffs on each other for at least 90 days. Data indicate that institutions were already lagging behind the stock-market bounce that had seen the S&P 500 take back much of its post-April 2 selloff,

Nifty futures on the NSE International Exchange traded 87.80 points, or 0.36 per cent, higher at 24,730, hinting at a positive start for the domestic market on Wednesday.

U.S. stock futures point lower after yesterday's market rally, President Donald Trump begins a four-day Middle East tour that is expected to result in several business deals, and UnitedHealth shares sink after the company's CEO steps down.

Monthly data for the consumer price index showed that prices rose 0.2% in April, which is what analysts on Wall Street had forecasted. That puts CPI at 2.3% year-over-year and core CPI at 2.8%. Bullish stock-index futures traders appeared pleased with the data.

Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading following a big rally, as investors look ahead to a key inflation report Tuesday morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 24 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both flat.

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Amazon‘s (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock price is poised to soar when markets open on Monday. Futures trading on Amazon shares points to an open that’s up about 8.2%, as of 8:10 a.m. ET. The big news in the markets today is the announcement of a trade deal between the United States and China.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Wednesday, after Wall Street benchmarks mostly rose on easing U.S.-China trade tensions. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 is set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 38,365 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 38,300, against the index's last close of 38,183.26.