Oil prices again fluctuates up and down around $50 a barrel.

European stocks were little changed, after equities fell yesterday for the first time in five days, as investors weighed earnings from companies including Royal DSM NV, while awaiting data on U.S. factory orders. U.S. futures were also little changed and Asian shares climbed.

European stocks fell, after this year’s biggest weekly rally, as investors weighed disappointing earnings from PostNL NV and Holcim Ltd.

European equities climbed with the euro and Spanish bonds as the region’s central bank said most lenders passed stress tests. Chinese stocks retreated amid delays to a link between Hong Kong and Shanghai, while Brazilian assets tumbled after a presidential election.

The yen declined against most of its 31 major peers as European equities climbed for the first time in nine days, damping demand for the safest assets.

European stocks climbed, snapping an eight-day losing streak, as an ailing euro-area economy increases pressure on policy makers to provide more stimulus measures. U.S. stock-index futures rose and Asian shares fell.

Treasuries and the dollar climbed, oil fell toward $80 a barrel and U.S. futures plunged more than 1 percent in one hour as concern deepened that global growth is slowing. European stocks slid an eighth day in the longest rout since 2003 and bonds from Greece to Spain tumbled.

Asia-Pacific stocks fell a fourth day, with the benchmark index heading for its lowest close in almost four weeks, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated from a record and as consumer shares slipped.