U.S. Futures, European Stocks Mixed as Markets Await ECB and BOE Rate Decisions

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U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Rational added 11.4% and Pandora rose 7.5%. On the other hand, Compass Group sunk 7.7%, and Vodafone Group slipped 5.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 increased 0.6% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 95.1.

In commodities, Brent crude dropped 1.7% to $68.30 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.7% to $64.03 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 3% to 34.51 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 2.865%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.267% from 4.28%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.6%.

 

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February 05, 2026 03:33 ET (08:33 GMT)

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