S&P and Nasdaq futures rise; USD/JPY and WTI slip
Asian session price snapshot shows S&P 500 futures up 0.14% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.39%, while USD/JPY is down 0.15% and WTI is at 82.13 (-0.33%).
Asian session market picture.
S&P futures are up 0.14 percent, Nasdaq futures are up 0.39 percent, Dow futures are down 0.08 percent, and Russell futures are unchanged.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.19 percent, USD/JPY is down 0.15 percent, USD/CNH is down 0.06 percent, and AUD/USD is up 0.41 percent.
WTI crude is at 82.13, down 0.33 percent, and Brent crude is at 88.56, up 0.05 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Xiaomi is up 2.11 percent, Alibaba is up 2.84 percent, SoftBank Group is up 1.9 percent, Mitsubishi UFJ is down 0.92 percent, and Samsung Electronics is up 2.43 percent.