Asian trade lifts S&P and Nasdaq futures; WTI slips
In Asia, U.S. index futures rose: S&P 500 +0.38% and Nasdaq 100 +0.66%; Russell was unchanged. USD/JPY -0.05% and WTI -0.44% at 81.87.
Asian session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.38 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.66 percent, Dow futures is up 0.34 percent and Russell futures is unchanged at 0 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.05 percent, dollar yen is down 0.05 percent, USD/CNH is unchanged at 0 percent and AUD/USD is up 0.13 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 81.87, down 0.44 percent and Brent crude is at 86.47, down 0.54 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Xiaomi up 2.6 percent, Alibaba up 1.37 percent, Meituan up 1.86 percent, AIA Group down 0.2 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ up 0.81 percent.