Before the start of regular trading on Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average index futures were up 0.2%, S&P 500 futures were up slightly and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.1%.
On Tuesday, the Dow fell 94.15 points, or 0.6%, to 15,914.62 and the S&P slid 5.75 points, or 0.3%, to 17915.15. The Nasdaq composite, which set a 13-year high last week, fell 8.06 points, or 0.2%, to 4037.30.
TUESDAY: Stocks stumble: Dow, S&P 500 below milestones
Investors will be watching the morning release of ADP's monthly National Employment Report followed by the November numbers for new home sales. All economic reports this week are being seen as indicators as to whether the Federal Reserve will begin "tapering" its monetary stimulus.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 2.2% to 15,407.94, Hong Kong Hang Seng index dropped 0.1% to 23,736.16 and the Shanghai Composite climbed 1.4% to 2,252.95.
European benchmarks were down again after Tuesday's losses.
Benchmark U.S. crude for January delivery was up $1.16, or 1.2%, to $97.20 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as analysts predicted the U.S. energy department would report Wednesday a fall in crude supplies after 10 consecutive weeks of gains.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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