U.S. Futures Flat, European Stocks Mostly Down

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were flat 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 0.3% in morning trading. Eurofins Scientific rose 4.8% and Zealand Pharma added 2.7%. On the other hand, Merck slipped 9.3%, and Airbus fell 8.9%. The FTSE 100 added 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.6% and Germany's DAX fell 1%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 100.13.

In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.1% to $85.09 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $81.59 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.8% to EUR34.7 a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.414% from 2.422%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 4.246% from 4.237%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.4%.

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