U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.6% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.7% in morning trading. Dino Polska climbed 14.4% and NKT added 7.3%. On the other hand, Zealand Pharma slipped 7.6%, and Infineon Technologies lost 5.6%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.7%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.6% and Germany's DAX fell 0.7%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.5% to 95.69.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 1.3% to $107.09 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 2.1% to $103.34 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.7% to 48.01 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 5 basis points to 3.093% from 3.043%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 4 basis points to 4.531% from 4.489%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 1%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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