
World stocks showed a mixed performance on Wednesday, with U.S. benchmarks reaching new records amidst signs of a potential slowdown in the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.1%, while the S&P 500 futures rose 0.1%. Notably, U.S. markets were closed in observance of Juneteenth.
European equity markets opened lower, with the FTSE 100 in London losing 0.2% and the DAX in Germany slipping 0.1%. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.2% following positive trade data for May from Japan.