European session market picture: S&P 500 +0.27%, Nasdaq 100 +0.66%; EUR/USD +0.03%, WTI +0.28%, LLOY leads volume

European session market picture. US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.27 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.66 percent, Dow futures is up 0.19 percent and Russell futures is up 0.22 percent. In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.03 percent, euro dollar is up 0.03 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.17 percent and EUR/GBP is down 0.08 percent. In oil, WTI crude is at 83.43, up 0.28 percent and Brent crude is at 88.98, up 0.08 percent. UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 0.92 percent, HSBC up 0.38 percent, BP down 1.4 percent, Barclays up 0.5 percent and GSK down 1.42 percent. continental European volume leaders: Deutsche Telekom down 0.88 percent, Nestle down 1.12 percent, UBS up 0.21 percent, SAP down 0.53 percent and Novartis down 1.64 percent.