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S&P 500 futures are down 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are dipping 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures are slipping 0.4%.

Shares of Laopu Gold keep marching higher, as a robust set of earnings firms investors' conviction in the jewelry brand that's won over Chinese consumers.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 declined 0.3% in morning trading. ConvaTec Group added 5.4% and SFS Group rose 2.6%. On the other hand, Alcon sunk 10.8%, and K+S slipped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.1%.