U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Hensoldt added 4.7% and Repsol rose 4.3%. On the other hand, Amplifon dropped 7.9%, and Sonova Holding lost 4.7%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.1% and Germany's DAX fell 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 96.68.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 3% to $106.26 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 2.1% to $100.79 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 4.2% to 52.2 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.967% from 2.986%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.266% from 4.282%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.3%.
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