U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.3% in morning trading. ConvaTec Group added 5.4% and SFS Group rose 2.6%. On the other hand, Alcon sunk 10.8%, and K+S slipped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 declined 0.5% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.8%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index was flat at 95.55.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 0.9% to $66.37 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 1% to $62.41 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.8% to 31.48 euros a megawatt hour.
The German 10-year Bund yield fell by 1 basis point to 2.747% from 2.755%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.319% from 4.309%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.5%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite gained 1%.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 20, 2025 03:33 ET (07:33 GMT)
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