Futures are pointing to a slightly lower Wall Street open, but with a Fed policy statement ahead and headline risk surrounding China trade talks, another volatile day could be ahead.
"It's really opening the door to a very new and promising financing channel over the medium to longer term. And I think people will read that positively," said Helen Zhu, head of Chinese equities at BlackRock.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi saw its stock swoon during Wednesday trade despite posting a fourth-quarter earnings report that beat expectations the previous day.
China's young people are increasingly trading U.S. stocks through two apps, both of which are in the process of U.S. IPOs and one of which counts Interactive Brokers as a strategic investor.
The Indian rupee, one of Asia's worst performing currencies last year, surged more than 3 percent since February, on the back of election hopes. But experts say this "relief rally" could be short-lived.
An off-duty pilot correctly identified the problem the crew was facing and guided them to disable the flight control system in order to save the plane, Bloomberg reported.
Insta360 sells cameras that are able to film 360-degree video. The company raised $30 million and its CEO, JK Liu, told CNBC that it is now looking ahead to an initial public offering in 2020.
The administration is granting Iraq a renewed 90-day waiver exempting it from U.S. sanctions on Iran, a State Department official told CNBC on Tuesday.
Indonesian e-commerce firm Tokopedia plans to use the billion-dollar investment it secured last year to make the company "stronger," said its associate vice president of financial technology, Samuel Sentana.
India has the "best growth story" among global emerging markets, said J.P. Morgan, as Goldman Sachs raised its rating on Indian stocks to "overweight" in a Monday report.