U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.5% in morning trading. ARCADIS added 13.3% and United Utilities Group rose 10.2%. On the other hand, Technip Energies dropped 8.8%, and Stellantis lost 7.5%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 1.1% and Germany's DAX fell 0.6%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.85.

In commodities, Brent crude climbed 1.8% to $112.43 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 1.3% to $108.29 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.9% to 47.3 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 3.122% from 3.111%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.424% from 4.434%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.1%.


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