Asia lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures; WTI slips
Asian session: S&P 500 futures up 0.43 percent, Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.75 percent, Dow futures up 0.32 percent and Russell 2000 down 0.01 percent. USD/JPY down 0.02 percent; WTI at 81.85 down 0.46 percent.
Asian session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.43 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.75 percent, Dow futures is up 0.32 percent and Russell futures is down 0.01 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.04 percent, dollar yen is down 0.02 percent, USD/CNH is up 0.01 percent and AUD/USD is up 0.11 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 81.85, down 0.46 percent and Brent crude is at 86.54, down 0.46 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Mitsubishi UFJ up 0.5 percent, Xiaomi down 1.41 percent, SoftBank Group down 0.08 percent, Alibaba down 0.6 percent and Samsung Electronics up 1.72 percent.