in the us futures for the sp 500 were flat and futures for the dow jones industrial average decreased 01 changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 declined 04 in morning trading morphosys added 45 and bank of ireland group climbed 18 on the other hand bakkafrost lost 77 and financiere richemont sunk 74 the ftse 100 lost 02 other stocks in europe were down as frances cac 40 declined 07 and germanys dax fell 02 the wall street journal dollar index was flat at 9482 in commodities brent crude dropped 09 to 7912 a barrel and wti crude dropped 1 to 7469 a barrel the german 10year bund yield declined by 02 basis points to 2511 from 2513 and the yield on the 10year us treasury fell by 06 basis points to 3826 from 3832 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed markets in japan were closed hong kongs hang seng gained 03 chinas benchmark shanghai composite fell 09 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch