European session: US index futures mixed; EUR/USD up, WTI higher
European trading saw US index futures mixed and higher in places, with S&P 500 futures up and Nasdaq 100 futures up; Dow futures higher and Russell 2000 futures lower. EUR/USD was higher and WTI crude was higher.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.11 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.09 percent, Dow futures is up 0.24 percent and Russell futures is down 0.08 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.38 percent, euro dollar is up 0.12 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.08 percent and EUR/GBP is up 0.06 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 91.32, up 0.34 percent and Brent crude is at 95.79, up 0.17 percent.
UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 1.18 percent, Barclays up 0.77 percent, BP down 0.76 percent, HSBC up 0.38 percent and Shell down 0.87 percent. continental European volume leaders: Deutsche Telekom up 1.72 percent, UBS down 0.54 percent, Novartis down 0.05 percent, Nestle down 0.88 percent and LVMH down 2.26 percent.