U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.1% in morning trading. Scor SE rose 6.4% and TUI added 5.8%. On the other hand, Grifols lost 9.3%, and Deutsche Post fell 4.4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.1% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 98.34.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.4% to $82.33 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.5% to $78.52 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.8% to EUR26.97 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 2 basis points to 2.341% from 2.322%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.162% from 4.155%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index was flat, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.7%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.3%.
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