U.S. Futures, European Stocks Fall

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.3% in morning trading. Valmet rose 9.5% and Orion Series B added 4.9%. On the other hand, Ubisoft Entertainment slipped 4.3%, and SAP dropped 3.9%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were down as France's CAC 40 decreased 0.7% and Germany's DAX dropped 0.7%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 95.49.

In commodities, Brent crude fell 0.6% to $74.05 a barrel, and WTI crude fell 0.7% to $71.05 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 2.4% to 36.25 euros a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield held steady at 2.147%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 1 basis point to 3.739% from 3.733%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.2%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.7%. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 1.2%.

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September 25, 2024 03:55 ET (07:55 GMT)

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