WTI rises to 81.97 amid European risk-on tone
WTI crude is at 81.97, up 0.89%, while ES futures are up 0.04% and NQ futures are up 0.14% in the European session, alongside EUR/USD up 0.35%.
In the European session, S&P futures are up 0.04%, Nasdaq futures are up 0.14%, Dow futures are down 0.17%, and Russell futures are down 0.05%.
The US Dollar Index is down 0.34%, with EUR/USD up 0.35% and GBP/USD up 0.4%.
EUR/GBP is down 0.06%.
WTI crude is at 81.97, up 0.89%, and Brent crude is at 87.6, up 0.61%.
UK volume leaders include Lloyds Banking Group unchanged, HSBC up 0.38%, BP down 0.02%, Barclays unchanged, and GSK down 2.18%.
Continental European volume leaders are UBS up 0.16%, SAP up 4.84%, Deutsche Telekom up 0.53%, Nestle down 0.32%, and Novartis down 1.57%.