European trade lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures slightly
US index futures rose with S&P 500 up 0.04 percent and Nasdaq 100 up 0.23 percent, while Dow futures fell 0.02 percent and Russell 2000 rose 0.1 percent. EUR/USD was up 0.01 percent.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.04 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.23 percent, Dow futures is down 0.02 percent and Russell futures is up 0.1 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.08 percent, euro dollar is up 0.01 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.12 percent and EUR/GBP is down 0.07 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 91.4, up 0.11 percent and Brent crude is at 95.52, unchanged at 0 percent.
UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 1.81 percent, Barclays up 2.06 percent, HSBC up 1.19 percent, BP down 0.52 percent and Shell down 0.33 percent. continental European volume leaders: UBS down 0.16 percent, Deutsche Telekom up 1.05 percent, Novartis unchanged at 0 percent, Nestle down 1 percent and SAP up 2.28 percent.