Wall Street stood slightly lower in premarket trade on Wednesday ahead of the latest earnings updates from Bank of America, Morgan Stanley as well as UnitedHealth and Procter & Gamble. Meanwhile, Sony's shares continued to fall after Microsoft announced yesterday the record-breaking gaming industry deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. Sony traded 4.7% lower in the premarket in the United States after losing 12.79% at the close in Japan earlier in the day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was down 0.10%, the Nasdaq 100 declined 0.09% and the S&P 500 decreased 0.13% at 4:01 am ET.
The euro was 0.16% higher compared to the US dollar, changing hands for 1.13362 at the same time.
