in the us futures for the sp 500 were down 01 and futures for the dow jones industrial average declined 01 changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 dropped 02 in morning trading orpea rose 51 and husqvarna series b climbed 41 on the other hand beijer ref series b sunk 73 and kojamo slipped 52 the ftse 100 lost 05 other stocks in europe were mixed as frances cac 40 decreased 03 and germanys dax was flat in commodities brent crude rose 05 to 7629 a barrel and wti crude gained 06 to 7165 a barrel the german 10year bund yield rose by 25 basis points to 243 from 2406 and the yield on the 10year us treasury climbed by 28 basis points to 3751 from 3723 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index gained 06 whereas hong kongs hang seng fell 19 chinas benchmark shanghai composite declined 13 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch