• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 254.63 points, or 1.01 percent, to 24,964.75, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 15.96 points, or 0.58 percent, to 2,716.26 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 5.16 points, or 0.07 percent, to7,234.31.
The Dow and S&P 500 fell on Tuesday to snap a six-session winning streak as a sharp decline in Walmart weighed heavily, but gains in Amazon and chip stocks helped the Nasdaq hold near the unchanged mark.
• European shares rose on Tuesday thanks to a slew of well-received results, though banks were a weak spot after HSBC (HSBA.L) reported weaker than expected earnings and said it needed as much as $7 billion of fresh capital.
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• Asian markets were relatively subdued early on Wednesday, with most regional indexes hovering around the flat line following the softer lead stateside.
• Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was fairly muted, trading higher by 0.06 percent in the morning after falling more than 1 percent in the last session. Manufacturing stocks traded slightly higher early on, with Fanuc Manufacturing edging up by 0.09 percent.
Automakers and technology names were mixed, while bank stocks came under pressure early on. Among blue chip names, Toyota gained 0.3 percent, Honda rose 1.37 percent and SoftBank Group slid 0.87 percent.
• Markets in China remain closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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