The 10-year Treasury yield held steady at 4.3%. Oil prices bounced, as West Texas Intermediate futures traded near $62.60 a barrel. Among exchange traded funds, the Invesco QQQ TrustQQQ moved down 0.2%. Also, the SPDR S&P 500 ETFSPY lost 0.1% ahead of Wednesday's market open.

Stock index futures were down on Wednesday, as investors awaited more retail earnings and the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes. S&P 500 futures (SPX) -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) -0.2%,

Investors are eager for a sense of where policymakers stand on the question of interest rate cuts after economic data this month showed they face a tricky dilemma between a weakening labor market and stubborn inflation.