U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.6% in morning trading. Johnson Matthey added 31.5% and Stora Enso R rose 4.6%. On the other hand, Freenet slipped 11.3%, and CTS Eventim lost 8.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.5% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.6%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 95.96.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.6% to $63.89 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1.6% to $60.61 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.5% to 36.8 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.646% from 2.654%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.578% from 4.605%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.8%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 0.2%.
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