In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% 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 was flat in morning trading. Sodexo added 9.4% and Direct Line Insurance rose 5.9%. On the other hand, RS Group slipped 4%, and Adevinta lost 3.9%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.46.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 0.5% to $85.38 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.5% to $81.08 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 2.1 basis points to 2.274% from 2.252%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1.8 basis points to 3.36% from 3.342%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.7%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.7%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite grew 0.5%.
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