U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.1% in morning trading. Kongsberg Gruppen rose 4.5% and Indra Sistemas added 3.6%. On the other hand, Tecan Group slipped 4%, and Lanxess fell 3.8%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX fell 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 96.54.
In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $63.77 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.5% to $59.47 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 4.7% to 34.73 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 2.828% from 2.821%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 4.173%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.3%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.3%.
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