US Futures, European Stocks Edge Up
December 06 2023 - 4:04AM
Dow Jones News
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.3% and futures for
the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%. Changes in futures
do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading.
TUI rose 6.6% and Idorsia added 6.6%. On the other hand, Merck
slipped 14%, and British American Tobacco sunk 6.7%. The FTSE 100
added 0.3%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40
increased 0.2% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.1%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index dropped 0.1% to 98.19.
In commodities, Brent crude climbed 0.3% to $77.41 a barrel, and
WTI crude climbed 0.1% to $72.38 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 2 basis points to
2.229% from 2.25%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was
flat at 4.171%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite
directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 2%,
whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.8%. China's benchmark
Shanghai Composite fell 0.1%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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December 06, 2023 03:49 ET (08:49 GMT)
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