U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% 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. RS Group rose 8.9% and Euronext climbed 6.4%. On the other hand, Orkla lost 7.1%, and Experian sunk 5%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.1% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 96.01.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.1% to $110.04 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.1% to $103.00 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.8% to 51.4 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 2 basis points to 3.177% from 3.193%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.651% from 4.671%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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