U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Anheuser-Busch InBev added 6.2% and Intertek Group rose 6.2%. On the other hand, Carnival dropped 5.9%, and HSBC Holdings slipped 5.3%. The FTSE 100 lost 1.1%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.2% and Germany's DAX rose 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.3.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.9% to $113.40 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 2.1% to $104.21 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.9% to 47.7 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 1 basis point to 3.084% from 3.092%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was flat at 4.437%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.8%. Markets in China were closed.
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