U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 1.1% in morning trading. IG Group Holdings added 6% and Equinor rose 5.3%. On the other hand, Infra Wireless Italiane sunk 14.7%, and Vonovia dropped 7.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 1.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 1.1% and Germany's DAX fell 1.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 96.67.
In commodities, Brent crude gained 5.8% to $113.61 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.6% to $96.87 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 22.9% to 67.21 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 2 basis points to 2.97% from 2.95%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 2 basis points to 4.287% from 4.265%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were down as Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 3.4%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 1.4%.
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