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 fell 0.2% in morning trading. bioMerieux rose 5.7% and Boliden added 3.3%. On the other hand, Yara International dropped 4.5%, and Amplifon dropped 4.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 98.83.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.1% to $90.43 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $86.46 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.5% to EUR27.76 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.422% from 2.439%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.399% from 4.43%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.7%., whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite held steady.
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