U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.7% 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 fell 0.2% in morning trading. Anglo American added 12.8% and Banco de Sabadell climbed 10.1%. On the other hand, Adyen lost 11.7%, and Neste sunk 9.9%. The FTSE 100 added 0.6%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.2% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 100.22.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.2% to $87.19 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 0.2% to $82.95 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 2.2% to EUR29.65 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.583% from 2.593%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was flat at 4.649%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 2.2%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.6%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.3%.
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