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Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 39 points, or about 0.1%. S&P 500 futures edged slightly lower, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose by less than 0.1%.

On Wednesday, investors may look ahead to quarterly earnings reports from Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup before the market opens. More inflation data are also on the agenda, as the December producer price index report will be released ahead of the opening bell.

In Tuesday’s regular trading session, the major indexes closed lower. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, while the 30-stock Dow lost about 400 points, or 0.8%. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.1%.

The financial sector was the worst-performing group in the broader market index. Shares of JPMorgan Chase fell more than 4% after disappointing fourth-quarter investment banking fees. Goldman Sachs and Bank of America also declined in similar fashion.

Oil prices also climbed more than 2% on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump canceled meetings with Iranian officials and told protesters that “help is on the way.” Energy stocks rose, and the sector gained 1.5%.

Trump’s latest call to impose a 10% cap on credit card interest rates for one year weighed on financial stocks, and Mastercard and Visa ended Tuesday lower.

As concerns grew over the independence of the central bank after the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), Trump’s attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell continued on Tuesday.