U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 1.5% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 2.4% in morning trading. Equinor added 3.5% and Zealand Pharma added 2.6%. On the other hand, Holcim slipped 7.5%, and voestalpine sunk 7.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 1.9%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 2.7% and Germany's DAX dropped 2.8%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.5% to 96.23.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 15.7% to $107.23 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 14.1% to $103.72 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 14.3% to 61 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 4 basis points to 2.899% from 2.861%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 6 basis points to 4.194% from 4.133%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 5.2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.7%.
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