U.S. Futures Fall, European Stocks Mostly Higher

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.8% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.2% in morning trading. Alten added 12.1% and Swatch Group rose 6.9%. On the other hand, Signify sunk 9.6%, and SKF Series B dropped 6%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.5%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.3% to 94.19.

In commodities, Brent crude dropped 1.8% to $68.32 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.8% to $64.22 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.9% to 38.96 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 2.842%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 3 basis points to 4.271% from 4.24%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 2.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1%.

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