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 gained 1.2% in morning trading. Koninklijke Philips rose 8.3% and Gaztransport et Technigaz rose 3.7%. On the other hand, Reckitt Benckiser Group dropped 9.2%, and Heineken lost 7%. The FTSE 100 added 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX climbed 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 99.35.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.1% to $80.35 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.1% to $77.21 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.2% to EUR32.85 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.386% from 2.408%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.172% from 4.2%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 2.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.5%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite held steady.
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