U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% 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 0.3% in morning trading. Serco Group rose 4% and Renk Group climbed 3.6%. On the other hand, Bunzl dropped 6.5%, and Auto1 Group slipped 2.9%. The FTSE 100 added 0.9%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.1% and Germany's DAX rose 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.3% to 96.24.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 1.2% to $59.64 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 1.3% to $56.00 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.5% to 27.18 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.84% from 2.847%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 2 basis points to 4.163% from 4.145%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were up as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 1.2%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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