India, Oct. 14 -- Geopolitical developments in the Middle East continue to influence the investor sentiments on Wednesday.

In the Asian trading session, gold prices were moving lower. Spot gold dipped 0.4 percent to $4,143.18 an ounce. U.S. gold futures were down 0.3 percent at $4,166 per ounce.

Initial signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open broadly up.

As of 8.00 am ET, the Dow futures were adding 199.00 points, the S&P 500 futures were up 16.00 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were sliding 11.00 points.

The U.S. major averages finished lower on Tuesday. The Dow fell 180.45 points or 0.4 percent to 51,670.10, the Nasdaq dipped 41.52 points or 0.2 percent to 27,204.38 and the S&P 500 edged down 1.79 point...