U.S. Futures, European Stocks Down
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.9% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.5%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% in morning trading. Carl Zeiss Meditec rose 7.1% and RS Group climbed 3.8%. On the other hand, Ocado Group slipped 5.3%, and Naturgy Energy Group lost 5.3%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were down as France’s CAC 40 decreased 0.1% and Germany’s DAX dropped 0.4%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.1% to 96.27.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 1% to $61.61 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 1% to $57.90 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.3% to 26.96 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 2.865% from 2.855%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury declined by 2 basis points to 4.14% from 4.155%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index declined 0.9%, whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was flat. China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 0.7%.
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