S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures slip as WTI rises
Asian trade shows US index futures lower—S&P 500 down 0.04% and Nasdaq 100 down 0.05%—while WTI crude is up 0.99% to 84.89 and USD/JPY is down 0.06%.
Asian session market picture.
US index futures: S&P futures is down 0.04 percent, Nasdaq futures is down 0.05 percent, Dow futures is down 0.07 percent, and Russell futures is down 0.08 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.02 percent, dollar yen is down 0.06 percent, USD/CNH is unchanged at 0 percent, and AUD/USD is down 0.16 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 84.89, up 0.99 percent, and Brent crude is at 91.88, up 0.94 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Xiaomi is up 3.59 percent, SoftBank Group is down 7.2 percent, Mitsubishi UFJ is down 3.56 percent, Alibaba is down 2.13 percent, and Toyota is down 3.03 percent.