U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% 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 declined 0.4% in morning trading. Grifols added 6.9% and CD Projekt climbed 3.5%. On the other hand, BE Semicon Industries slipped 11.1%, and Sectra Series B slipped 5.3%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.4% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.7%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 97.36.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.2% to $82.24 a barrel, and WTI crude rose 0.1% to $78.08 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was down 1.1% to EUR26.11 a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 2.268%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 1 basis point to 4.069% from 4.08%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 2.2%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.4%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.7%.
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