U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.5% 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 0.8% in morning trading. argenx rose 6.3% and Embracer Group Series B added 5.1%. On the other hand, Novo Nordisk Series B lost 2.4%, and Nexi dropped 1.7%. The FTSE 100 added 1.1%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.6% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.9%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 98.27.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.5% to $86.39 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.5% to $81.65 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 2.3% to EUR27.11 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.414% from 2.437%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.256% from 4.276%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.9%., whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 0.1%.
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