U.S. Futures, European Stocks Mixed as Markets Look Ahead to Central Bank Decisions
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% 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 declined 0.1% in morning trading. Renk Group rose 4.9% and Auto1 Group rose 4.1%. On the other hand, Embracer Group Series B lost 28.6%, and Unilever fell 3.8%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France’s CAC 40 decreased 0.3% and Germany’s DAX held steady.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 96.42.
In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.2% to $63.90 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.3% to $60.24 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.4% to 27.66 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 2 basis points to 2.819% from 2.802%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.15% from 4.141%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.2%, whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 1.2%. China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 0.5%.
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