in the us futures for the sp 500 were up 02 and futures for the dow jones industrial average climbed 02 changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 climbed 09 in morning trading novartis added 57 and tecan group rose 38 on the other hand orpea slipped 95 and alstria office reit fell 37 the ftse 100 added 05 other stocks in europe were up as frances cac 40 gained 06 and germanys dax rose 07 the wall street journal dollar index was flat at 9649 in commodities brent crude gained 09 to 7523 a barrel and wti crude gained 09 to 6988 a barrel the german 10year bund yield climbed by 58 basis points to 2187 from 2129 and the yield on the 10year us treasury rose by 39 basis points to 3415 from 3376 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index climbed 03 whereas hong kongs hang seng declined 17 chinas benchmark shanghai composite dropped 04 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch