Megacap growth and technology stocks such as Nvidia Corp NVDA.O and Tesla Inc TSLA.O slipped 0.5% each in early trading before the opening bell. All three major indexes slipped in the previous session after minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers agreed they needed to maintain a more restrictive policy stance. Adding to the nerves, data on Wednesday showed U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid strong gains in the costs of services and goods, suggesting inflation could remain uncomfortably high for a while.