New Delhi, March 11 -- The US stock market is likely to open flat on Wednesday, March 11, as investors continue to monitor tensions in the Middle East, which have entered the 12th day, while also awaiting the February inflation report.

Futures of the three key averages-the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite-are trading flat in pre-market trading. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% on Tuesday, dropping further below both its 50- and 100-day moving averages.

While the S&P 500 is still trading within 3% of its January record, trading beneath the surface has been choppy in the US stock market, which had remained largely flat for the year before the bombing in the Middle East began.

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