in the us futures for the sp 500 were up 01 and futures for the dow jones industrial average climbed 01 changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 declined 05 in morning trading orpea climbed 135 and fastighets balder b rose 75 on the other hand thule group sunk 138 and adidas fell 84 the ftse 100 lost 03 other stocks in europe were down as frances cac 40 declined 02 and germanys dax dropped 03 in commodities brent crude dropped 05 to 8411 a barrel and wti crude fell 06 to 7763 a barrel the german 10year bund yield climbed by 41 basis points to 2342 from 2301 and the yield on the 10year us treasury rose by 02 basis points to 3665 from 3663 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index gained 03 whereas hong kongs hang seng was lower 2 chinas benchmark shanghai composite was down 03 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch