U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.5% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.2% in morning trading. IG Group Holdings climbed 4.6% and TUI added 2.7%. On the other hand, Indra Sistemas lost 4.8%, and Saab Series B slipped 4.3%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.1% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 96.01.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1% to $59.93 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1.1% to $56.22 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.6% to 26.99 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.85% from 2.856%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.171% from 4.181%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.6%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 1.1%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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