U.S. stock index futures gained on Wednesday as tech stocks advanced reflecting easing AI worries, while investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting for clues on the interest rate outlook.

The U.S. stock market is swinging in uneasy trading on Tuesday as companies talk about how discouraged their customers are feeling and some tech stocks continue to feel the downside of the artificial-intelligence boom.

U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading in a quiet return from a three-day holiday weekend. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1

Wall Street pointed toward more losses before the opening bell Tuesday, kicking off a holiday-shortened week of trading that will bring more earnings reports and some highly-anticipated economic releases.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has fallen 1%, while most markets in Asia are closed for Lunar New Year holidays