U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% 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 0.2% in morning trading. Moncler rose 11.7% and Kingspan Group added 7.7%. On the other hand, Siegfried Holding dropped 5.3%, and ARCADIS lost 4.2%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 increased 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 95.
In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $71.67 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.1% to $66.33 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.5% to 33.67 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.741% from 2.747%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 4.078%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.1%. Markets in China were closed.
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