us stock futures edged up ahead of an update on the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits and another set of major corporate earnings reports sp 500 futures rose 04 and futures tied to the dow jones industrial average strengthened 03 the contracts don’t necessarily predict market moves after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 was largely flat in morning trade as gains in consumer staples and energy sectors were balanced by losses in financials and utilities sectors the uk’s ftse 100 shed 01 other stock indexes in europe were mixed as france’s cac 40 climbed 04 and germany’s dax added 01 whereas the uk’s ftse 250 was broadly flat the euro was up 05 against the us dollar with 1 euro buying 109 whereas the swiss franc and the british pound traded flat against the us dollar in commodities international benchmark brent crude gained 14 to 10830 a barrel gold was down 01 to 195340 a troy ounce the yield on german 10year bunds was up to 0896 and 10year uk government debt known as gilts yields gained to 1943 10year us treasury yields were up to 2858 from 2836 yields move inversely to prices stocks in asia were mixed as japan’s nikkei 225 index gained 12 whereas hong kong’s hang seng was lower 19 and china’s benchmark shanghai composite lost 23 traders worked on the floor of the new york stock exchange april 14 2022 —an artificialintelligence tool was used in creating this article