in the us futures for the sp 500 and for the dow jones industrial average were flat changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 declined 01 in morning trading polymetal international rose 303 and uniper climbed 29 on the other hand atos lost 112 and heineken holding slipped 56 the ftse 100 lost 01 other stocks in europe were mixed as frances cac 40 was flat and germanys dax dropped 02 in commodities brent crude dropped 01 to 8434 a barrel and wti crude fell 01 to 8051 a barrel the german 10year bund yield rose by 34 basis points to 2525 from 2491 and the yield on the 10year us treasury climbed by 38 basis points to 3992 from 3954 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were up as japans nikkei 225 index gained 13 and hong kongs hang seng gained 09 chinas benchmark shanghai composite gained 05 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch