in the us markets were closed in europe the stoxx europe 600 gained 01 in morning trading orron energy added 36 and raiffeisen bank intl climbed 3 on the other hand nel lost 26 and vistry group fell 22 the ftse 100 was flat other stocks in europe were mixed as frances cac 40 increased 01 and germanys dax was flat in commodities brent crude rose 08 to 7526 a barrel and wti crude rose 09 to 7043 a barrel the german 10year bund yield rose by 37 basis points to 2477 from 244 and the yield on the 10year us treasury held steady at 3858 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index declined 1 whereas hong kongs hang seng climbed 05 chinas benchmark shanghai composite held steady this article was automatically generated by marketwatch