European trading lifts US index futures; EUR/USD falls
S&P 500 futures are up 0.01 percent; Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.08 percent; Dow futures up 0.03 percent; Russell 2000 futures up 0.04 percent. EUR/USD is down 0.13 percent.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.01 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.08 percent, Dow futures is up 0.03 percent and Russell futures is up 0.04 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.11 percent, euro dollar is down 0.13 percent, GBP/USD is down 0.08 percent and EUR/GBP is down 0.02 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 86.52, up 0.89 percent and Brent crude is at 88.83, up 0.52 percent.
UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 0.59 percent, BP up 2.31 percent, Barclays up 0.82 percent, Shell up 1.01 percent and HSBC up 1.62 percent. continental European volume leaders: UBS down 0.56 percent, Deutsche Telekom down 0.49 percent, SAP down 0.22 percent, Novartis down 0.39 percent and Nestle up 0.25 percent.