U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.2% in morning trading. Societe Generale rose 4.9% and Orkla added 4.1%. On the other hand, Aurubis sunk 9.6%, and Daimler Truck slipped 5.6%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 99.69.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.5% to $84.05 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.5% to $79.34 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.7% to EUR31.12 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.543%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.59% from 4.584%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.6%. Markets in China were closed.
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