U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.4% in morning trading. Halma PLC rose 8% and BE Semicon Industries rose 7%. On the other hand, TUI dropped 5%, and Deutsche Lufthansa lost 3.5%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.4% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.7%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 95.07.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.9% to $69.13 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.9% to $67.57 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.1% to 36.3 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 3 basis points to 2.509% from 2.537%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 1 basis point to 4.414% from 4.427%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.6%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.1%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite held steady.
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