U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.4% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.1% in morning trading. easyJet climbed 10.4% and Leonardo rose 4.6%. On the other hand, BE Semiconductor slipped 6.2%, and Infineon Technologies dropped 3.2%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.3% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.2% to 97.42.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.5% to $71.79 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.5% to $68.48 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 0.9% to 44.95 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 1 basis point to 2.929% from 2.94%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell by 3 basis points to 4.465% from 4.49%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index was flat, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.1%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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