U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.5% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading. HelloFresh added 15.6% and Swissquote Group Holding climbed 5%. On the other hand, Tecan Group sunk 17%, and Fortnox slipped 10%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.3% and Germany's DAX rose 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 98.06.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.5% to $81.88 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.4% to $79.72 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.2% to EUR39.17 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.228% from 2.233%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 3.916% from 3.908%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 3.4%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.3%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.3%.
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