U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 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. Saab Series B rose 4.8% and Georg Fischer added 3.5%. On the other hand, Siemens Energy sunk 5.8%, and STMicroelectronics fell 4.6%. The FTSE 100 added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 gained 0.6% and Germany's DAX fell 0.2%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 97.32.

In commodities, Brent crude rose 1.2% to $72.87 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 1.2% to $69.36 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 4% to 46.1 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 3 basis points to 2.986% from 2.953%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 3 basis points to 4.505% from 4.474%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 2.1%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 1.3%.

-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.

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