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 don't necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.4% in morning trading. Aixtron added 15.9% and Soitec rose 5%. On the other hand, Amplifon sunk 5.8%, and Softcat lost 3.5%. The FTSE 100 added 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 99.93.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 0.1% to $87.50 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.2% to $84.09 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.7% to EUR33.8 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 1 basis point to 2.58% from 2.588%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was flat at 4.361%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index was flat, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.3%.
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