Asian session: U.S. futures firmer, USD/JPY slips
Asian trading shows S&P 500 E-mini futures up 0.08%, Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.12%, Dow futures down 0.02%, Russell 2000 futures up 0.11%, while USD/JPY falls 0.09% and WTI crude eases 0.38%.
US index futures: S&P futures are up 0.08 percent, Nasdaq futures are up 0.12 percent, Dow futures are down 0.02 percent, and Russell futures are up 0.11 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.03 percent, USD/JPY is down 0.09 percent, USD/CNH is up 0.01 percent, and AUD/USD is down 0.17 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 82.95, down 0.38 percent, and Brent crude is at 88.77, down 0.24 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Xiaomi is down 0.68 percent, Tencent is down 3.81 percent, Alibaba is up 0.65 percent, Mitsubishi UFJ is up 1.53 percent, and Samsung Electronics is up 5.09 percent.