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 climbed 0.3% in morning trading. Alten rose 13.7% and Sopra Steria Group added 12.7%. On the other hand, Auto1 Group slipped 13.5%, and Logitech International dropped 9.1%. The FTSE 100 added 0.6%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40 gained 0.4% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 97.47.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 3.4% to $84.88 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 3.9% to $82.32 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.8% to 58.85 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 3.148% from 3.137%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.618% from 4.611%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 1.5%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.8%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.4%.
-This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones Newswires.
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