U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.3% in morning trading. Recordati rose 4.1% and Lotus Bakeries rose 2.5%. On the other hand, Orsted slipped 24.1%, and Vestas Wind Systems dropped 4.5%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.39.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.8% to $66.05 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.9% to $63.33 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.3% to 32.53 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 2 basis points to 2.67% from 2.69%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.263% from 4.286%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was flat. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.3%.
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