In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.5% in morning trading. Kindred Group SDR rose 9% and Temenos added 8%. On the other hand, Teleperformance slipped 12.6%, and ASM International sunk 11.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.6% and Germany's DAX fell 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.3% to 95.89.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.5% to $81.00 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.6% to $77.57 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 4.9 basis points to 2.337% from 2.385%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 3.402%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.7%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng grew 0.7%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite was flat.
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