Asia lifts US index futures; S&P and Nasdaq up in Asia
Asian session: S&P 500 E-mini futures are up and Nasdaq 100 E-mini futures are up. Dow futures are up and Russell 2000 futures are marginally higher.
Asian session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.49 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.89 percent, Dow futures is up 0.33 percent and Russell futures is up 0.03 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.02 percent, dollar yen is up 0.06 percent, USD/CNH is unchanged at 0 percent and AUD/USD is up 0.14 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 81.86, down 0.45 percent and Brent crude is at 86.54, down 0.46 percent.
Asian volume leaders: Xiaomi down 2.11 percent, Alibaba unchanged at 0 percent, Mitsubishi UFJ up 0.2 percent, SoftBank Group up 0.27 percent and Meituan down 1.15 percent.