U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Wednesday as investors assessed the impact of a surge in bond yields, mixed statistics on the housing market and industrial production, and North Korea's threat to walk away from planned meeting between its leader Kim Jong Un and the U.S. President Donald Trump in June, if Washington insists it unilaterally gives up its nuclear weapons.
Global Stocks:
| Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
| Nikkei | 22,717.23 | -100.79 | -0.44% |
| Hang Seng | 31,110.20 | -41.83 | -0.13% |
| Shanghai | 3,169.71 | -22.41 | -0.70% |
| S&P/ASX | 6,107.00 | +9.20 | +0.15% |
| FTSE | 7,734.43 | +11.45 | +0.15% |
| CAC | 5,561.72 | +8.56 | +0.15% |
| DAX | 13,007.38 | +37.34 | +0.29% |
| Crude | $71.07 | | -0.34% |
| Gold | $1,286.30 | | -0.31% |