European session market picture: S&P 500 +0.48%, Nasdaq 100 +1%; EUR/USD +0.11%, WTI +0.31%, LLOY leads volume

US index futures show S&P futures up 0.48 percent, Nasdaq futures up 1 percent, Dow futures up 0.24 percent, and Russell futures up 0.51 percent. In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.18 percent, EUR/USD is up 0.11 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.21 percent, and EUR/GBP is down 0.04 percent. WTI crude is at 83.46, up 0.31 percent, and Brent crude is at 88.83, down 0.09 percent. UK volume leaders include Lloyds Banking Group up 0.88 percent, HSBC up 0.21 percent, BP down 1.68 percent, Barclays up 0.43 percent, and GSK down 1.36 percent. Continental European volume leaders are Deutsche Telekom down 1.05 percent, Nestle down 1.25 percent, UBS up 0.07 percent, SAP down 1.2 percent, and Novartis down 1.59 percent.