India, May 20 -- Investors are awaiting Nvidia's upcoming earnings on Wednesday. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open slightly up.

In the Asian trading session, oil prices were sharply lower. Gold prices were little changed. Spot gold was steady at $4,482.58 an ounce.

As of 7.55 am ET, the Dow futures were gaining 85.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were adding 21.00 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were up 162.50 points.

The U.S. major averages all finished Tuesday firmly in negative territory. The Nasdaq slid 220.02 points or 0.8 percent to 25,870.71, the S&P 500 fell 49.44 points or 0.7 percent to 7,353.61 and the Dow declined 322.24 points or 0.7 percent to 49,363.88.

On the Economic front, the ...