European session market picture: S&P 500 +0.17%, Nasdaq 100 +0.41%; EUR/USD -0.03%, WTI +0.88%, LLOY leads volume

US index futures are showing S&P futures up 0.17%, Nasdaq futures up 0.41%, Dow futures up 0.05%, and Russell futures up 0.14%. In currencies, the Dollar Index is up 0.03%, EUR/USD is down 0.03%, GBP/USD is up 0.05%, and EUR/GBP is down 0.02%. WTI crude is at 83.93, up 0.88%, and Brent crude is at 89.64, up 0.82%. UK volume leaders include Lloyds Banking Group up 0.44%, HSBC up 0.16%, Barclays up 0.48%, BP down 0.21%, and GSK down 1.03%. Continental European volume leaders are Deutsche Telekom down 0.91%, SAP down 0.59%, Nestle down 0.47%, UBS up 0.21%, and Sanofi down 0.04%.