U.S. Futures
S&P 500: Flat
Dow Jones Industrial Average: Flat
Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
Europe
In morning trading, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed by 0.2%.
- Georg Fischer AG rose by 7%
- Standard Chartered added 6.5%
- Volvo Car Series B lost 4.5%
- Deutsche Lufthansa sunk by 4%
FTSE 100 added 0.3%
Other stock markets in Europe were mixed:
- France’s CAC 40 gained 0.2%
- Germany’s DAX held steady
Global Market Indicators
- Wall Street Journal Dollar Index: flat at 98.45
- Brent Crude: fell by 0.5% to $82.26 a barrel
- WTI Crude: fell by 0.6% to $78.14 a barrel
Bonds
- German 10-year Bund yield: climbed by 2 basis points to 2.463%
- U.S. Treasury 10-year yield: rose by 2 basis points to 4.343%
Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Asia
Markets in Japan were closed.
- Hang Seng in Hong Kong declined by 0.1%
- China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed by 0.6%