us stock futures edged up after wall street indexes ended lower following comments from federal reserve chairman jerome powell that reiterated the central bank’s commitment to rate increases to combat inflation sp 500 futures rose 02 and dow jones industrial average futures were up 02 changes in futures don’t necessarily predict movements after the opening bell europe stocks advanced tuesday for a fiveday run of gains the stoxx europe 600 climbed 02 in morning trade healthcare and realestate sectors led gains while industrials and information technology sectors lost ground the uk’s ftse 100 added 03 other stock indexes in europe also mostly climbed as france’s cac 40 gained 02 the uk’s ftse 250 climbed 02 and germany’s dax rose 04 the swiss franc and the euro depreciated 02 against the us dollar meanwhile the british pound was flat against the us dollar with 1 pound buying 132 in commodities international benchmark brent crude slipped 05 to 11509 a barrel gold also slipped 01 to 192730 a troy ounce the german 10year bund yield was up to 0503 and uk 10year gilts yields gained to 1656 the yield on 10year us treasury gained to 2315 from 2294 yields move inversely to prices stocks in asia mostly climbed as hong kong’s hang seng added 23 japan’s nikkei 225 index rose 15 and china’s benchmark shanghai composite added 02 traders worked on the floor of the new york stock exchange on monday —an artificialintelligence tool was used in creating this article