S&P equity futures are trading below Tuesday’s close. Asian markets mixed in fairly uneventful trading overnight with China and Japan laggards while South Korea, Taiwan and Australia all finished higher. European markets seeing solid gains. Treasuries firmer with some curve steepening though yields still sharply higher for the week with the recent reset in peak rate pricing. Dollar on the defensive on the major crosses. Gold up 0.5%. Bitcoin futures down 0.3%. WTI crude up 1.5% after jumping more than 4% in prior session.
