U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.4% in morning trading. Straumann Holding added 13.8% and Flutter Entertainment rose 12.5%. On the other hand, LPP slipped 2.6%, and Thyssenkrupp dropped 2.4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.6% and Germany's DAX rose 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 97.65.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.5% to $81.09 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.6% to $78.79 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.2% to EUR39.97 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 2.19%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 3.851%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.6%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.6%.
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