European session market picture: S&P 500 +0.5%, Nasdaq 100 +1.06%; EUR/USD +0.1%, WTI -0.31%, LLOY leads volume

US index futures: S&P futures are up 0.5 percent, Nasdaq futures are up 1.06 percent, Dow futures are up 0.32 percent, and Russell futures are up 0.62 percent. In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.11 percent, EUR/USD is up 0.1 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.19 percent, and EUR/GBP is down 0.02 percent. WTI crude is at 82.94, down 0.31 percent, and Brent crude is at 88.36, down 0.62 percent. UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group is up 0.92 percent, HSBC is up 0.18 percent, BP is down 2.16 percent, Barclays is up 0.37 percent, and GSK is down 1.98 percent. Continental European volume leaders: Nestle is down 1.48 percent, Deutsche Telekom is down 1.33 percent, UBS is up 0.11 percent, SAP is down 1.8 percent, and Novartis is down 1.88 percent.