U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.2% in morning trading. Ocado Group rose 11.5% and Greggs rose 6.1%. On the other hand, Swiss Re sunk 6.1%, and Big Yellow Group lost 4.9%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 96.36.
In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $63.29 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $59.67 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.4% to 26.99 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 2.784% from 2.777%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.11% from 4.102%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.6%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.7%.
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