In the U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.8% in morning trading. Games Workshop Group added 7.3% and MorphoSys climbed 6.6%. On the other hand, H&M Hennes & Mauritz B dropped 4.3%, and THG lost 3.5%. The FTSE 100 added 0.8%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 1.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.9%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 99.28.

In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.5% to $94.19 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 0.6% to $90.71 a barrel.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 3 basis points to 2.627% from 2.596%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 4.305% from 4.296%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.3%.


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