U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Wednesday as investors awaited more economic data to gauge the path for monetary policy and monitored geopolitical tensions in Venezuela that sent oil prices higher. .N

** Netflix Inc NFLX.O:

BUZZ - Rises as Warner Bros board leans toward buyout nL6N3XN0JR

** Hecla Mining Co HL.N:

** Coeur Mining Inc CDE.N:

** Endeavour Silver Corp EXK.N:

** Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM.N:

BUZZ - Silver miners gain as precious metal soars to new peak nL6N3XN0L7

** Newmont Corp NEM.N:

** Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM.N:

** Kinross Gold Corp KGC.N:

** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HMY.N::

BUZZ - Gold miners gain as bullion rises on softening US labor market nL6N3XN0LJ

** Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O:

BUZZ - Gains after source points to talks for $10 bln OpenAI investment nL6N3XN0LU

** Jabil Inc JBL.N:

BUZZ - Seen reporting jump in rev, EPS in results Wed nL6N3XM15F

** Albemarle Corp ALB.N:

** Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile SQM.N:

** Sigma Lithium Corp SGML.O:

** Lithium Americas Corp LAC.N:

BUZZ - Lithium miners rise as prices surge after China revokes mining licences nL6N3XN0ND

** Palo Alto Networks Inc PANW.O:

BUZZ - Gains as JP Morgan resumes coverage with 'overweight' rating nL6N3XN0O4

** Rio Tinto PLC RIO.N:

** BHP Group Ltd BHP.N:

** Southern Copper Corp SCCO.N:

** Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX.N:

BUZZ - Copper miners rise on supply worries despite mixed U.S. labor data nL6N3XN0NU

** FedEx Corp FDX.N:

BUZZ - Deutsche Bank lifts FedEx's PT, sees profit boost from network revamp nL4N3XN0V5

** T1 Energy Inc TE.N:

BUZZ - Gains as solar cell facility construction begins nL6N3XN0OH

** Kymera Therapeutics Inc KYMR.O:

** Apogee Therapeutics Inc APOG.O:

** Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc XENE.O:

** Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND.O:

BUZZ - RBC says biotech sector's rebound has momentum, with intriguing opportunities for 2026 nL6N3XN0QE

** AAR Corp AIR.N:

BUZZ - Jefferies initiates coverage on AAR Corp with 'buy' rating nL4N3W414L

** Hut 8 Corp HUT.O:

BUZZ - Jumps on $7 bln AI infrastructure deal with Anthropic nL6N3XN0P7

** Victoria's Secret & Co VSCO.N:

BUZZ - Rises after Telsey Advisory Group upgrades stock to 'outperform' nL6N3XN0PR

** WesBanco Inc WSBC.O:

** First Commonwealth Financial Corp FCF.N:

** Financial Institutions Inc FISI.O:

** Northwest Bancshares Inc NWBI.O:

BUZZ - Piper Sandler assumes coverage of five US Northeast banks nL4N3XN0V7

(Rajarshi Roy and Anshi Sancheti)

((Anshi.Sancheti@thomsonreuters.com))