U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% in morning trading. ConvaTec Group rose 10.1% and Edenred added 8.7%. On the other hand, Mandatum sunk 9%, and Unite Group dropped 7.8%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.2% and Germany's DAX fell 0.3%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 94.93.

In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.1% to $71.17 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.2% to $66.43 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.6% to 31.34 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.709% from 2.715%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 4.044% from 4.037%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.9%.


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