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The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower open on Wednesday, with stocks likely to give back ground after ending the previous session mostly higher.

Tech stocks may lead an early pullback on Wall Street amid a negative reaction to earnings news from Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD).

Shares of Alphabet are tumbling by 7.6 percent in pre-market trading after the Google parent reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings but its cloud revenues missed estimates.

Chip maker AMD is also plunging by 9.9 percent in pre-market trading after reporting fourth quarter earnings and revenues that beat estimates but its data center sales fell short of expectations.

Shares of Disney (NYSE:DIS) are also seeing pre-market weakness after the entertainment giant reported better than expected fiscal first quarter earnings but warned it expects a “modest decline” in Disney+ subscribers in the current quarter.

Worries about the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates on hold for a prolonged period may also weigh on stocks after payroll processor ADP released a report showing private sector employment in the U.S. increased by more than expected in the month of January.

ADP said private sector employment climbed by 183,000 jobs in January after rising by an upwardly revised 176,000 jobs in December.

Economists had expected private sector employment to rise by 150,000 jobs compared to the addition of 122,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month.

Stocks moved mostly higher during trading on Tuesday, largely offsetting the weakness seen in the previous session. The major averages all moved to the upside on the day, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the charge.

The major averages finished the session just off their best levels of the day. The Nasdaq jumped 262.06 points or 1.4 percent to 19,654.02, the S&P 500 climbed 43.31 points or 0.7 percent to 6,037.88 and the Dow rose 134.13 points or 0.3 percent to 44,556.04.

The strength on Wall Street partly reflected easing concerns about a global trade war after President Donald Trump agreed to pause 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for a month.

Positive sentiment may also have been regenerated in reaction to a report from the Labor Department showing job openings in the U.S. fell by much more than expected in the month of December.

The report said job openings tumbled to 7.6 million in December after climbing to an upwardly revised 8.2 million in November.

Economists had expected job openings to dip to 8.0 million from the 8.1 million originally reported for the previous month.

The data led to some optimism about the outlook for interest rates ahead of the release of the Labor Department’s more closely watched monthly jobs report on Friday.

Meanwhile, traders largely shrugged off news that China has slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports in response to a 10 percent trade duty imposed on Chinese goods.

China’s Finance Ministry said it will impose a 15 percent duty on imports of coal and liquefied natural gas from the U.S.

In addition, there will be a 10 percent tariff on imports from the U.S. of crude oil, agricultural equipment and automobiles beginning February 10.

Oil stocks moved sharply higher despite a decrease by the price of crude oil, resulting in a 3.0 percent surge by the NYSE Arca Oil Index.

Considerable strength was also visible among computer hardware stocks, as reflected by the 2.5 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index.

Steel, retail and networking stocks also saw significant strength on the day, moving higher along with most of the other major sectors.

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