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 fell 02 in morning trading zalando se rose 42 and ashtead group added 31 on the other hand hellofresh slipped 9 and nel lost 64 the ftse 100 lost 01 other stocks in europe were down as frances cac 40 declined 02 and germanys dax dropped 01 the wall street journal dollar index was flat at 9751 in commodities brent crude was flat at 8618 a barrel and wti crude was flat at 8045 a barrel the german 10year bund yield declined by 46 basis points to 2701 from 2746 and the yield on the 10year us treasury declined by 13 basis points to 3952 from 3965 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index climbed 03 whereas hong kongs hang seng declined 03 chinas benchmark shanghai composite was lower 11 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch