U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday as the S&P 500 ended the previous session less than 1% from its all-time high. Futures tied to the broad market index hovered around the flatline, as did Nasdaq 100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were also roughly flat. Broadcom was a key winner in premarket trading, rising 2%. This comes on the heels of Meta Platforms extending its partnership with Broadcom to deploy custom chips using the chipmaker’s technology. In the prior session, the S&P 500 rose 1.2%. The Nasdaq Composite gained 2%, while the blue-chip Dow advanced more than 300 points. The S&P 500 is nearing its all-time high of 7,002.28, reached on Jan. 28. Tuesday marked the index’s ninth positive session in 10, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq also posted its 10th straight session of gains. The S&P 500′s Monday advance erased its losses dating back to when the Iran conflict began in late February. Investors sent stocks higher on the potential of a deal between the U.S. and Iran materializing, with President Donald Trump saying on Monday that “we’ve been called by the other side.” He added: “They’d like to make a deal very badly.” On Tuesday, a White House official told CNBC that a second round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran is under discussion. Nothing has been officially scheduled yet, noted the official, who asked not to be named to discuss the administration’s internal plans. Trump has offered hope to investors that the war may not last much longer, saying in an interview with Fox Business that the Iran war is “very close to over” and claiming once again that Iran wants to “make a deal very badly.” “I don’t think we’re done with the conflict yet. I think there are plenty of concerns still out there,” Brent Schutte, chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management, said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime” on Tuesday afternoon. “That being said, I do think there are plenty of long-term opportunities for investors to lean into … now you’re seeing investors run back to their favorites, which I think going forward, especially for an intermediate to long-term investor, the opportunities are in things that haven’t done as well the past few years in this narrow market that we’ve had,” he added. U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Wednesday as investors monitored signals from the White House that talks to resolve the Middle East conflict will resume this week. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for government borrowing — was up more than 1 basis point at 4.27%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which is more sensitive to short-term Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, rose 1 basis point to 3.761%. The longer-dated 30-year Treasury bond yield also climbed 1 basis point to 4.879%. Asia-Pacific markets broadly rose Wednesday, tracking overnight gains in U.S. stocks, amid rising hopes of a diplomatic solution to the Middle East conflict. South Korea’s Kospi ended the session 2.07% higher at 6,091.39, while the small-cap Kosdaq gained 2.72% at 1,152.43. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 0.44% higher at 58,134.24, while the Topix rose 0.4% to 3,770.33. Mainland China’s CSI 300 index bucked regional gains, ending the session down 0.34% at 4,68525, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.43% in its last hour of trade. India’s Nifty 50 gained 1.56% following a holiday on Tuesday. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ended flat for today’s session. Oil prices were stable Wednesday after falling sharply in the previous session as the market grows more optimistic that the Middle East war could see a diplomatic resolution. U.S. crude oil futures for May delivery rose 1% to $92.24 per barrel as of 8:19 a.m. ET. International benchmark Brent for June delivery was up 0.9% at $95.64 per barrel. U.S. crude fell nearly 8% Tuesday on the hope that a second round of U.S.-Iran talks could yield a deal. Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar firmed slightly, but bullion remains higher over the past one-week period as investors eye hopes for a permanent ceasefire in the Iran war. Spot gold was down by 1.0% at $4,795.63 an ounce by 06:19 ET (10:19 GMT), easing from recent one-month highs. Gold futures declined by 0.7% to $4,817.70 an ounce. Yet spot prices for the yellow metal are higher by roughly 1.6% over the last week, in a potential sign of some re-emerging risk appetite following indications that the U.S. and Iran may be nearing an off-ramp to a conflict that began in late February.