United States Industrial Production (MoM) came in at 0.7% to beat expectations (0.5%) in March

Following yesterday's exacerbation of the Ukrainian-Russian crisis after Kiev launched a "anti-terrorist" operation against pro-Russian demonstrators in eastern Donetsk region, tensions continued to grow on Wednesday. In the morning separatist militants captured five armored personnel carriers and a tank from the Ukrainian army and drove them to the center of eastern Ukrainian towns of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, waving Russian flags.