U.S. Futures, European Stocks Up as Investors Look Ahead to Key U.S. Data

Dow Jones02-09 16:33
 

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.5% in morning trading. InPost added 13.5% and Novo Nordisk Series B rose 8.1%. On the other hand, NatWest Group slipped 4.5%, and DSM-Firmenich lost 3.5%. The FTSE 100 added 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.4% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.8%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 94.87.

In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.7% to $67.57 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.9% to $62.96 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 8% to 32.85 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 2 basis points to 2.861% from 2.844%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 2 basis points to 4.237% from 4.217%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were up as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed 3.9%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 1.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 1.4%.

 

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February 09, 2026 03:33 ET (08:33 GMT)

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