U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% in morning trading. Big Yellow Group climbed 5.1% and Avanza Bank Holding rose 4.9%. On the other hand, Dowlais Group dropped 6.3%, and Pennon Group sunk 5.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.2%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 99.29.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.6% to $83.21 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.6% to $78.83 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.5% to EUR31.63 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 2 basis points to 2.517% from 2.535%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.435% from 4.45%. 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 fell 2.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.4%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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