U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Sodexo climbed 6.4% and Amplifon rose 5.3%. On the other hand, ASM International sunk 4.1%, and Gerresheimer lost 3.7%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 gained 0.3% and Germany's DAX was flat.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 97.49.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.4% to $70.57 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.6% to $67.48 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.3% to 43.58 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 2 basis points to 2.904% from 2.884%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.495% from 4.485%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 2.5%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 2%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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