Europe lifts S&P 500 futures slightly as Nasdaq slips
European session: S&P 500 E-mini futures +0.04% and Nasdaq 100 E-mini futures -0.05%, while Dow futures and Russell 2000 futures are mixed. EUR/USD +0.14% and WTI +0.69%.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.04 percent, Nasdaq futures is down 0.05 percent, Dow futures is up 0.16 percent and Russell futures is down 0.17 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is down 0.37 percent, euro dollar is up 0.14 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.08 percent and EUR/GBP is up 0.06 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 91.64, up 0.69 percent and Brent crude is at 96.31, up 0.71 percent.
UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 0.52 percent, Barclays up 0.44 percent, HSBC up 0.38 percent, BP down 0.63 percent and Shell down 0.76 percent. continental European volume leaders: Deutsche Telekom up 2.14 percent, UBS down 0.67 percent, Novartis up 0.24 percent, Nestle down 0.6 percent and SAP up 1.88 percent.