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 declined 0.7% in morning trading. Balfour Beatty added 8% and Elis climbed 4.7%. On the other hand, Gerresheimer slipped 9.9%, and Legal & General Group dropped 5.8%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.7%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.6% and Germany's DAX fell 1.2%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.59.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 2.2% to $89.69 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 2.2% to $85.29 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 3.8% to 49.19 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 2 basis points to 2.857% from 2.84%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was flat at 4.167%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.4%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.2%.
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