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. HelloFresh added 7.1% and Galp Energia rose 4.1%. On the other hand, LPP lost 17.6%, and Brunello Cucinelli dropped 5.7%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% and Germany's DAX was flat.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 98.08.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.5% to $84.98 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.6% to $80.81 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.7% to EUR26.48 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 2 basis points to 2.445% from 2.428%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.285% from 4.3%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.4%., whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.5%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
Write to Barcelona Editors at barcelonaeditors@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
03-15-24 0451ET
