Markets were slow to gain traction again with scant market-moving news scheduled until next week’s inflation report. Futures for the S&P 500 were up just 0.1% before the bell Wednesday, while futures for the Dow were flat. Next week, the U.S. government will publish its latest monthly updates on inflation and the Federal Reserve will meet on interest-rate policy. Before markets opened Wednesday, Coinbase clawed back some of its losses from a day earlier when the SEC charged it with operating its trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange. Shares gained 3% in premarket after losing about 12% a day earlier.
