An employee helps a customer shop for a sander at a Lowe's home improvement store in Chicago, Illinois

A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day.



STOCKS/ECONOMY



-Stock futures are lower after Tuesday's strong rally. We get new home sales data at 10 a.m. ET.

-Lowe's earnings and revenue missed Wall Street estimates and its shares are down 6 percent in the premarket.

TRUMP TRADE

-At a rally Tuesday night in Phoenix, President Donald Trump vowed to build the wall on the border with Mexico even if he has to force a government shutdown to do it. He also said that the U.S. will "probably have to terminate" the North American Free Trade Agreement.