U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.2% in morning trading. St. James's Place rose 15.5% and SIG Group added 7.2%. On the other hand, Diageo sunk 7.8%, and Sage Group dropped 7.5%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.5%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.2%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 99.58.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.3% to $78.79 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.3% to $75.57 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.4% to EUR34.58 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.357%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was flat at 4.184%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.4%.
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