U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% 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 0.3% in morning trading. Wacker Chemie rose 9% and BKW AG climbed 6.6%. On the other hand, Teleperformance slipped 4.5%, and Syensqo dropped 4.4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.8%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.1% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 97.51.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.9% to $82.92 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 0.9% to $78.61 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.5% to EUR24.81 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.3% from 2.306%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.093% from 4.102%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 3.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.4%.
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