U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.9%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 1.3% in morning trading. Aurubis rose 6.9% and Intl Consld Airlines added 6.7%. On the other hand, Equinor sunk 7.4%, and Var Energi fell 7.1%. The FTSE 100 added 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 1.6% and Germany's DAX climbed 1.9%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.3% to 95.05.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 3.8% to $67.82 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 3.8% to $65.88 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 11.6% to 35.81 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 3 basis points to 2.535% from 2.51%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.337% from 4.349%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 1.2%.
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