US equity futures are flat after Tuesday’s strong liquidation

US stock index futures did not change much late Tuesday, following a strong sale on Wall Street during the day. At midnight Eastern time, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
YM00,
+ 0.22%

were up 40 points, or 0.2%, while the S&P 500 futures
ES00,
+ 0.11%

forward and Nasdaq-100
NQ00,
+ 0.23%

were slightly up. Tuesday the Dow
DJIA,
-1.88%

slipped 450 points, its worst percentage loss in a day since May 1. The S&P 500
SPX,
-2.05%

and Nasdaq
COMP,
-2.06%

both fell more than 2%. On Tuesday, the country’s top public health officials warned senators that new coronavirus outbreaks were almost certain if businesses in the country reopened too soon.