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 gained 0.4% in morning trading. SSE PLC rose 11.7% and Alcon added 7.5%. On the other hand, Edenred lost 9.9%, and FLSmidth fell 7.1%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.5% and Germany's DAX rose 0.8%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 96.84.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.5% to $64.84 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.5% to $60.75 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.1% to 31.44 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 1 basis point to 2.675% from 2.663%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.094% from 4.121%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.4%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.8%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.1%.
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