U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. SAP rose 6.5% and TietoEVRY climbed 3.6%. On the other hand, Porsche Pfd. sunk 7.5%, and Edenred dropped 6.5%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 99.45.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.1% to $82.51 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $78.43 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.5% to EUR31.69 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.484% from 2.498%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.248% from 4.256%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index was flat, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1.6%.
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