U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 1% in morning trading. CD Projekt rose 6.9% and Infineon Technologies rose 5.1%. On the other hand, Smiths Group slipped 4.9%, and Infra Wireless Italiane dropped 3.8%. The FTSE 100 added 0.6%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.9% and Germany's DAX rose 1.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 96.01.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.3% to $107.21 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1.9% to $93.76 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.4% to 61.01 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 1 basis point to 2.951% from 2.963%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 3 basis points to 4.282% from 4.253%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down. Markets in Japan were closed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.9%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1.2%.
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