U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.1% in morning trading. Gerresheimer rose 3.5% and Bachem Holding added 2.4%. On the other hand, Howden Joinery Group slipped 3%, and Sydbank fell 2.3%. The FTSE 100 added 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 increased 0.1% and Germany's DAX held steady.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 95.28.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.4% to $76.13 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.3% to $74.65 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.1% to 39.76 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 2.548% from 2.537%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 2 basis points to 4.412% from 4.388%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.3%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite was flat.
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