Wall Street was slow to gain traction in premarket trading ahead of another full slate of corporate earnings and more economic data later in the week.
Futures for the Dow ticked down less than 0.1 percent and the S&P 500 was essentially unchanged before the bell Wednesday.
Shares of Activision Blizzard tumbled more than 11 percent after British regulators blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy videogame maker over worries that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. The all-cash deal was set to be the biggest in the history of the tech industry.
Microsoft shares were still humming along, up about 7 percent in premarket, thanks to a strong earnings report after the bell on Tuesday….