U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.5% in morning trading. Tele2 Series B rose 2.4% and Zealand Pharma added 1.8%. On the other hand, Fuchs Pfd.lost 6.8%, and JD Sports Fashion sunk 4.2%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France’s CAC 40 decreased 0.4% and Germany’s DAX fell 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.2% to 99.5.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 0.3% to $72.22 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.4% to $68.34 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 3.7% to 44.46 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 3 basis points to 2.758% from 2.786%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury held steady at 4.24%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index declined 0.2%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.2%. China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite dropped 1.3%.
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