US stock futures declined modestly on Monday, with S&P 500 futures down 0.4% and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures also falling 0.4%, Market Watch reports.
While futures offer a preview of market sentiment, they do not always predict direction after the opening bell.
In European trading, the Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.2% in morning activity. Gains in select companies—such as SSAB Series B, which rose 4.3%, and Danske Bank, up 3.1%—were offset by declines in others. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki fell 5.5%, and Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski dropped 4.5%.
Country-specific indexes also showed varied performance. The UK’s FTSE 100 was little changed, while France’s CAC 40 declined 0.5% and Germany’s DAX fell 0.2%.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal Dollar Index, which tracks the US dollar against a basket of currencies, declined 0.5% to 95.33.
Commodity prices rose. Brent crude climbed 2.5% to $64.36 per barrel, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 3% to $62.63 per barrel. The Dutch TTF natural gas futures—Europe’s benchmark—advanced 0.9% to €34.53 per megawatt hour.
Bond markets also saw movement, with yields inching higher. Germany’s 10-year Bund yield increased by 4 basis points to 2.549%, and the 10-year US Treasury yield rose by 3 basis points to 4.441%. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
In Asia, markets closed lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 1.3%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index declined 0.8%. Chinese markets were closed for a public holiday.
