Asian session lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq; WTI slips
Asian trading shows S&P 500 futures up 0.12% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.39%, while WTI crude falls 0.25% to 84.8 and USD/JPY rises 0.15%.
Asian session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.12 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.39 percent, Dow futures is down 0.02 percent and Russell futures is up 0.12 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.08 percent, dollar yen is up 0.15 percent, USD/CNH is up 0.03 percent and AUD/USD is up 0.01 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 84.8, down 0.25 percent and Brent crude is at 92.09, down 0.09 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Alibaba up 1.6 percent, Xiaomi up 0.36 percent, Meituan down 5.86 percent, Samsung Electronics up 0.1 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ up 1.03 percent.