Stocks edge higher in Europe; WTI falls 2.87%
European trade shows S&P 500 futures up 0.42% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.87%, while WTI crude drops 2.87% to 82.57 and EUR/USD slips 0.01% lower.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.42 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.87 percent, Dow futures is up 0.41 percent and Russell futures is up 0.61 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.01 percent, euro dollar is down 0.01 percent, GBP/USD is unchanged at 0 percent and EUR/GBP is unchanged at 0 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 82.57, down 2.87 percent and Brent crude is at 88.12, down 2.67 percent.
UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 0.31 percent, BP down 0.34 percent, Barclays up 0.31 percent, HSBC down 0.05 percent and Shell down 0.43 percent. continental European volume leaders: Novartis up 0.13 percent, UBS up 0.19 percent, Nestle down 0.62 percent, Deutsche Telekom up 0.03 percent and SAP down 0.52 percent.