U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Ubisoft Entertainment added 6.6% and Ocado Group rose 4.6%. On the other hand, Delivery Hero slipped 16.9%, and K+S lost 5%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.3% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 99.86.
In commodities, Brent crude dropped 0.5% to $86.10 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.7% to $82.58 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.3% to EUR33.51 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 4 basis points to 2.575% from 2.536%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 4.295% from 4.286%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.3%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.9%.
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