U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.1% in morning trading. Sartorius Stedim Biotech rose 5.9% and Sartorius Pfd. rose 5.2%. On the other hand, Indra Sistemas slipped 5.2%, and Avolta sunk 4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.1% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 96.36.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 4.2% to $104.41 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 4.4% to $97.65 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 3% to 52.4 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.937% from 2.949%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 4.236% from 4.224%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.9%.
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