In the U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.4% in morning trading. Quilter rose 8.3% and Banco BPM climbed 2.4%. On the other hand, Intesa Sanpaolo lost 6.7%, and FinecoBank slipped 5.6%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.3% to 97.12.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.7% to $84.70 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.7% to $81.34 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 10 basis points to 2.502% from 2.599%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 8 basis points to 4.012% from 4.092%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.4%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.3%.
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