U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. H&M Hennes & Mauritz B climbed 12% and Diploma PLC added 10.9%. On the other hand, Fortnox sunk 10.9%, and Monte dei Paschi di Siena slipped 2.8%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 99.07.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.9% to $84.85 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1% to $80.82 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.6% to EUR27.3 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 2 basis points to 2.335% from 2.353%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 4.235%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1.3%.
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