U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.4% in morning trading. Industria de Diseno Textil rose 4.5% and voestalpine added 4.1%. On the other hand, Elekta Series B dropped 13.5%, and Zealand Pharma slipped 6.6%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.4% and Germany's DAX rose 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 99.17.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.1% to $77.44 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.1% to $73.15 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.1% to EUR33.77 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 2 basis points to 2.554% from 2.536%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 3 basis points to 4.36% from 4.331%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.9%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.8%.
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