U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. FinecoBank climbed 4.2% and Fortnox rose 2.6%. On the other hand, Verbund sunk 3.6%, and Soitec dropped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.1% and Germany's DAX rose 0.2%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 99.32.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.2% to $89.10 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.1% to $85.26 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 2.3% to EUR25.61 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.404%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 2 basis points to 4.382% from 4.361%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 0.2%.
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