in the us futures for the sp 500 were up 01 and futures for the dow jones industrial average increased 01 changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell in europe the stoxx europe 600 fell 03 in morning trading ocado group added 107 and julius baer gruppe climbed 45 on the other hand s4 capital slipped 244 and koninklijke philips lost 55 the ftse 100 lost 03 other stocks in europe were down as frances cac 40 declined 04 and germanys dax dropped 03 the wall street journal dollar index was flat at 9596 in commodities brent crude dropped 07 to 8050 a barrel and wti crude fell 07 to 7652 a barrel the german 10year bund yield fell by 47 basis points to 2419 from 2466 and the yield on the 10year us treasury declined by 11 basis points to 383 from 3841 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were mixed as japans nikkei 225 index gained 12 whereas hong kongs hang seng fell 23 chinas benchmark shanghai composite declined 01 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch