U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were flat and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.3% in morning trading. Spectris added 14.6% and Var Energi rose 4.7%. On the other hand, Holcim slipped 44.8%, and Softcat sunk 3.3%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.4% and Germany's DAX fell 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.3% to 95.84.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.7% to $77.55 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.7% to $74.32 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.7% to 41.62 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 3 basis points to 2.553% from 2.52%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 3 basis points to 4.408% from 4.383%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.5%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.6%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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