European markets opened higher on Wednesday while Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower as momentum cooled for the torrid .

This was in line with the median forecast of economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was rising 44 points, or 0.1%, to trade at 43,947. The S&P 500 was up 0.1%, at 5,990. The Nasdaq Composite was adding less than 0.1%, leaving it nearly flat, at 19,295 ...