U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.7% in morning trading. Intertek Group climbed 7.5% and Merck rose 7.2%. On the other hand, Vistry Group dropped 9.6%, and Carl Zeiss Meditec slipped 8.3%. The FTSE 100 added 0.8%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.8%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 95.14.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 1.3% to $106.38 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1.2% to $100.94 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.4% to 46.48 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 3.095% from 3.109%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.461% from 4.457%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.8%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng was flat. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.7%.
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