U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.1% in morning trading. Grifols rose 11.8% and DS Smith climbed 5.4%. On the other hand, BE Semicon Industries slipped 6.2%, and Mondi PLC dropped 3.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX fell 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 97.52.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 0.9% to $83.67 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 1.1% to $79.79 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.8% to EUR26.21 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.284% from 2.309%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.08% from 4.087%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.6%.
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