U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.6% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.2% in morning trading. ASM International climbed 8.5% and Accelleron Industries added 5%. On the other hand, Eurofins Scientific slipped 11.2%, and Bureau Veritas dropped 8.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 95.29.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.4% to $98.08 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.4% to $89.28 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.3% to 42.05 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 1 basis point to 2.997% from 3.004%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.289% from 4.299%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.4%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.5%.
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