U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 1.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.8%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.5% in morning trading. BPER Banca rose 4.7% and Monte dei Paschi di Siena added 3.8%. On the other hand, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki slipped 3%, and Powsz Kasa Oszcz Bk Polsk sunk 3%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.2%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.4% to 96.52.

In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.5% to $65.11 a barrel, and WTI crude was flat at $62.47 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.7% to 35.39 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 2 basis points to 2.611% from 2.587%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 3 basis points to 4.512% from 4.484%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.7%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite was flat.


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