Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures fell slightly on Wednesday as fresh economic data from China caused a selloff in commodities and investors awaited a raft of earnings reports.
Consumer inflation in China rose by a smaller-than-expected 1.6% in September, feeding worries of sluggish demand from the world's second largest economy.
Bank of America (N:BAC) rose 0.8% to $15.65premarket after the bank reported a profit, compared with a year-earlier loss.
JPMorgan (N:JPM) shares fell 1.6% to $60.55 a day after the bank reported third-quarter results below estimates.
Wells Fargo (N:WFC) and Netflix (O:NFLX) were to reports results later in the day.
The U.S. was also to release data on retail sales and producer prices later Wednesday.