U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% 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 gained 0.2% in morning trading. Thule Group rose 5.7% and Iveco Group added 4.8%. On the other hand, Games Workshop Group dropped 3.3%, and Johnson Matthey slipped 2.2%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.4% to 95.76.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.7% to $64.00 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.7% to $60.75 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was flat at 36.35 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 3 basis points to 2.614% from 2.646%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.512% from 4.54%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.5%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng was flat. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.9%.
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