U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 1.2% in morning trading. Demant rose 14.3% and Amplifon added 13.1%. On the other hand, Alcon sunk 8.6%, and Wolters Kluwer lost 7.9%. The FTSE 100 added 1.5%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 1.3% and Germany's DAX rose 1.2%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.4% to 94.89.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.6% to $108.16 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.6% to $100.64 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.2% to 46.37 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 3 basis points to 3.037% from 3.064%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 5 basis points to 4.383% from 4.429%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 1.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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