U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.6% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.9%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.1% in morning trading. Auto Trader Group climbed 11% and Subsea 7 added 3.5%. On the other hand, CD Projekt sunk 6.4%, and Telecom Italia slipped 4.1%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 99.73.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.3% to $83.18 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.3% to $79.02 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.5% to EUR33.65 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 3 basis points to 2.665% from 2.694%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 3 basis points to 4.592% from 4.619%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.3%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.6%.
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