U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were flat 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 gained 0.4% in morning trading. Experian added 8.3% and Britvic PLC climbed 7.4%. On the other hand, Neste dropped 13.3%, and Getinge Series B slipped 8.4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX rose 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 99.52.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.6% to $82.91 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.7% to $78.60 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.8% to EUR30.2 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 4 basis points to 2.517% from 2.553%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.428% from 4.442%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.1%, whereas markets in Hong Kong were closed. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.8%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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