U.S. Futures, European Stocks Down as Trump's Hormuz Blockade Nears

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.6% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.7% in morning trading. Var Energi added 4.3% and Aker BP rose 3.7%. On the other hand, Nemetschek lost 9.1%, and easyJet slipped 3.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.9% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.9%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 95.85.

In commodities, Brent crude gained 6.8% to $101.69 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 7.3% to $103.58 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 8.4% to 47.3 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 3.065%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.333% from 4.34%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.7%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.1%.

-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.

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