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U.S. stock futures were sliding on Wednesday as fresh concerns over the health of Credit Suisse sparked renewed banking sector anxiety, while U.S. wholesale prices declined in February, hinting at easing U.S. inflation, and retail sales also fell for the month.
How are stock-index futures trading
S&P 500 futures ES00 fell 82 points, or 2% to 3872
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00 shed 682 points, or 2% to 31,706
Nasdaq 100 futures NQ00 lost 220 points, or 1.8% to 12,123
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose 336 points, or 1.06%, to 32155, the S&P 500 SPX increased 64 points, or 1.65%, to 3919, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP gained 239 points, or 2.14%, to 11428.
What’s driving markets
Major stock indexes extended losses after data shows that U.S. wholesale prices dropped 0.1% in February. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal forecasted a rise of 0.3%.
See: Wholesale prices decline, PPI shows, and hint at easing U.S. inflation
The core producer price index, which excludes volatile food, energy and trade prices, went up 0.2% in February.
U.S. retail sales fell 0.4% in February, in line with the forecasts of economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.
Consumer price data released on Tuesday showed inflation running in February at three times the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
Markets expect the Fed to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 4.7%% to 5.0% after its meeting on March 22nd. Just two days ago traders were betting the Fed may leave rates unchanged in a week’s time in order to salve stresses in the banking sector.