U.S. Futures Fall, European Stocks Mixed Ahead of Fed Decision

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.1% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.1%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was flat in morning trading. Hargreaves Lansdown rose 8.5% and Logitech International added 5.9%. On the other hand, Straumann Holding slipped 9.2%, and Prudential lost 4.7%. The FTSE 100 added 0.4%. Other stocks in Europe were mixed as France's CAC 40 was flat and Germany's DAX dropped 0.1%.

The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.2% to 100.37.

In commodities, Brent crude rose 0.1% to $87.33 a barrel, and WTI crude climbed 0.1% to $82.71 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 0.9% to EUR28.33 a megawatt hour.

The German 10-year Bund yield was flat at 2.533%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose by 1 basis point to 4.628% from 4.618%. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1.2%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.2%, whereas China's benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 0.3%.

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