U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.6% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.4% in morning trading. Svenska Handelsbnkn Ser A rose 7.5% and Accelleron Industries climbed 4.9%. On the other hand, Demant sunk 11.5%, and ASML Holding slipped 5.7%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were flat as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX was flat.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 99.14.
In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $83.74 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $80.79 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.1% to EUR32.82 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.428%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 2 basis points to 4.18% from 4.163%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.4%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 0.5%.
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