U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were flat 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 was flat in morning trading. Adidas climbed 5.6% and Allegro.eu climbed 4.2%. On the other hand, Just Eat Takeaway.com dropped 5.5%, and ASML Holding slipped 4.3%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.4% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 100.52.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.3% to $89.78 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.3% to $85.09 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.4% to EUR32.68 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.49%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.654% from 4.673%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.1%., whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 2.1%.
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