US-China trade truce euphoria is giving way to worry over economic slowdown in the wait for the latest US consumer inflation report

The move in futures comes after a broadly positive day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.72%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.61% for its fifth straight positive session. The Dow fell 0.64%, weighed down by UnitedHealth, but is still up on the week.

Stocks are soaring Monday as investors cheer weekend talks that saw China and the U.S. agree to slash tariffs on each other for at least 90 days. Data indicate that institutions were already lagging behind the stock-market bounce that had seen the S&P 500 take back much of its post-April 2 selloff,

Stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday after the release of encouraging inflation data, adding to big gains posted the previous session following a de-escalation in the trade spat between the U.S. and China.

Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading following a big rally, as investors look ahead to a key inflation report Tuesday morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 24 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both flat.

Monthly data for the consumer price index showed that prices rose 0.2% in April, which is what analysts on Wall Street had forecasted. That puts CPI at 2.3% year-over-year and core CPI at 2.8%. Bullish stock-index futures traders appeared pleased with the data.

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Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Wednesday, after Wall Street benchmarks mostly rose on easing U.S.-China trade tensions. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 is set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 38,365 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 38,300, against the index's last close of 38,183.26.

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