Futures are pointing to a slightly higher open for major indexes on Wednesday as the stock market looks to recover from sharp declines yesterday.

Stock futures were pretty much flat on Monday as investors braced themselves for the first full week of third-quarter earnings while working to understand the most recent announce

Wall Street shares steadied Wednesday after a tech selloff the previous day over concerns about the red-hot semiconductor industry.

S&P 500 futures are up 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are down 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures are adding 0.2%. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 325 points, or 0.75%, to 42,740,

U.S. equity futures were mixed in early Wednesday trading, while tech shares looked to rebound from yesterday's late-session slump, as investors continue to defend the market's solid autumn rally heading into the start of the third quarter earnings season.

Major Asian and European stock markets mostly fell Wednesday after concerns about the red-hot semiconductor industry fuelled a tech sell-off. In Europe on Wednesday, the Frankfurt and Paris stock markets dropped as weak luxury-sector earnings added to semiconductor woes.

Stock Futures Steady After Tech Stocks Decline U.S. stock futures stabilized in Tuesday evening trading, following earlier losses driven by weak earnings from ASML, a key player in the semiconductor industry.