U.S. Futures Edge Up, European Stocks Mixed

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% 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 dropped 0.2% in morning trading. easyJet rose 11.3% and HIAB added 6.1%. On the other hand, Wise Group sunk 8.6%, and Genmab slipped 3.7%. The FTSE 100 lost 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 was flat at 95.61.

In commodities, Brent crude gained 3% to $93.85 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 3.2% to $90.19 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 4.1% to 47.9 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 4 basis points to 2.98% from 2.942%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 3 basis points to 4.468% from 4.443%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.9%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.3%.

-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.

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