U.S. stocks are falling following a report suggesting the U.S. economy may have shrunk at the start of the year.

The trio of weak economic data points hit the stock market Wednesday as investors dealt with concerns that the US economy is headed for a recession.

Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Wall Street stocks fell on Wednesday morning after weak US growth data fuelled a broad based sell-off driven by a flurry of weak corporate earnings.