U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.2% in morning trading. K+S rose 4.3% and Embracer Group Series B added 4%. On the other hand, Lanxess slipped 8.5%, and Swiss Life Holding fell 5.3%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.6% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 97.55.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.4% to $84.35 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.4% to $80.07 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.4% to EUR24.8 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 2.375% from 2.366%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.206% from 4.194%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.7%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.2%.
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