U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 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. Sinch added 16.6% and Associated British Foods rose 6.5%. On the other hand, RS Group lost 11.3%, and Demant slipped 6.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France’s CAC 40 declined 0.1% and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 99.81.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1.4% to $83.96 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 1.4% to $79.69 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to 2.731% from 2.747%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.635% from 4.649%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index declined 1.3%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.6%. China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite held steady.
Source: Dow Jones Newswires