Stock futures are pointing to a slightly higher open for major indexes on Wednesday as the market looks to add to big recent gains.

The Dow Jones spun a tight circle near 42,300 on Tuesday. Markets largely failed to react to US CPI inflation, which eased slightly in April. Despite a general easing in the weighted index, key goods continue to rise, and tariff impacts loom ahead.

While both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained in early Tuesday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was solidly in the negative — down by around 0.4%. The discrepancy in the indexes was due to one stock in particular: UnitedHealth Group.

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.

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US stocks surged on Monday after President Donald Trump’s top trade officials brokered a surprisingly dramatic de-escalation in trade tensions with China over the weekend, dropping tariffs to much lower levels,

US stocks surged to close near the highs of the session on Monday after a US-China deal to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs offered relief to markets worried about a trade war. Wall Street notched a banner day after the US and China put tariffs on pause for 90 days,

That effectively offset a US$5 million cut to its hardware revenue guidance range, which came as Life360 redirects supply of its new pet-tracker devices away from the U.S. and into other markets. With revenue guidance unchanged at a group level, RBC analyst Wei-Weng Chen said the slight shift improved the quality of the company's outlook.