in the us futures for the sp 500 were flat and futures 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 gained 05 in morning trading vistry group rose 38 and alstria office reit climbed 34 on the other hand future plc lost 96 and bt group fell 75 the ftse 100 added 06 other stocks in europe were up as frances cac 40 increased 08 and germanys dax rose 11 in commodities brent crude dropped 04 to 7668 a barrel and wti crude dropped 05 to 7249 a barrel the german 10year bund yield rose by 4 basis points to 2381 from 2341 and the yield on the 10year us treasury climbed by 1 basis points to 3578 from 3569 bond prices and yields move in opposite directions stocks in asia were up as japans nikkei 225 index climbed 16 and hong kongs hang seng climbed 07 chinas benchmark shanghai composite gained 04 this article was automatically generated by marketwatch