Asian session: US futures firmer, oil edges lower
Asian trading shows S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.11% and 0.19%, while USD/JPY slips 0.04% and WTI crude falls 0.25% to 83.06.
US index futures show S&P futures up 0.11 percent, Nasdaq futures up 0.19 percent, Dow futures down 0.02 percent, and Russell futures up 0.13 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.05 percent, USD/JPY is down 0.04 percent, USD/CNH is up 0.01 percent, and AUD/USD is down 0.16 percent.
WTI crude is at 83.06, down 0.25 percent, and Brent crude is at 88.93, down 0.06 percent.
Asian volume leaders include Xiaomi down 0.38 percent, Tencent down 3.68 percent, Alibaba up 0.82 percent, Mitsubishi UFJ up 2.69 percent, and Samsung Electronics up 5.68 percent.