In the U.S. markets were closed.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.5% in morning trading. Banca Popolare di Sondrio added 1.7% and Royal UNIBREW climbed 1.6%. On the other hand, Loomis dropped 6.4%, and Zealand Pharma slipped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France’s CAC 40 decreased 0.6% and Germany’s DAX fell 0.3%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index fell 0.1% to 94.19.
In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.5% to $68.47 a barrel, and WTI crude dropped 0.4% to $66.76 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.1% to 34.24 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield climbed by 1 basis point to 2.587% from 2.578%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 7 basis points to 4.351% from 4.351%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.1%, whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.7%. China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 0.3%.
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