U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 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. Johnson Matthey rose 5.7% and TERNA added 4.2%. On the other hand, Kering slipped 11.9%, and Computacenter lost 4.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.7% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.2% to 98.69.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.7% to $86.81 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.7% to $82.16 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 2.2% to EUR28.24 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 4 basis points to 2.417% from 2.456%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.277% from 4.298%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.6%.
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