U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 1.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 1% in morning trading. Frontline rose 6.1% and Aker BP added 4.6%. On the other hand, Carnival slipped 5.1%, and Intl Consld Airlines sunk 4.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.6%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 1.2% and Germany's DAX fell 1.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 94.94.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 5.5% to $73.17 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 5.5% to $71.78 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 2.9% to 37.24 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.472% from 2.484%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 2 basis points to 4.345% from 4.368%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.9%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.8%.
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