U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.8% in morning trading. Beazley PLC rose 10.2% and Hikma Pharmaceuticals rose 8.2%. On the other hand, Spirax Group dropped 6.5%, and Siemens Energy lost 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.9%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.8% and Germany's DAX fell 0.7%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.3% to 97.93.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.2% to $78.14 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.1% to $75.14 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.6% to EUR39.07 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 4 basis points to 2.233% from 2.271%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 6 basis points to 3.909% from 3.954%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.7%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng was flat. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite was flat.
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