Asia lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures; USDJPY rises
US index futures were higher in Asia: S&P 500 futures +0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures +0.29%. USD/JPY rose +0.32%, while WTI added +0.21% to 91.49.
Asian markets opened with firmer US index futures. S and P futures were up 0.1 percent, Nasdaq futures were up 0.29 percent, Dow futures were up 0.02 percent and Russell futures were up 0.11 percent. In currencies, the dollar index was up 0.13 percent, dollar yen was up 0.32 percent, USD/CNH was down 0.02 percent and AUD/USD was up 0.17 percent. In energy, WTI crude was at 91.49, up 0.21 percent, while Brent crude was at 95.64, up 0.13 percent.
Among Asian volume leaders, Xiaomi was up 3.28 percent, SoftBank Group was up 10.58 percent, Meituan was up 5.09 percent, Alibaba was up 2.88 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ was up 0.37 percent.