U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.5% in morning trading. Stora Enso R climbed 14.7% and Neste rose 3.7%. On the other hand, Berkeley Group Holdings dropped 9.2%, and SSAB Series B lost 3.7%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.6% and Germany's DAX rose 0.7%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 95.38.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 2.7% to $76.73 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 2.8% to $73.50 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 3.8% to 40.04 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 2 basis points to 2.5% from 2.523%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.38% from 4.396%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.2%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 0.1%.
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