European trade lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures; WTI slides
European session: S&P 500 futures up; Nasdaq 100 futures up. Dow futures are down and Russell 2000 up. EUR/USD slips and WTI is lower to 90.74, with Brent at 95.04.
European session market picture.
US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.09 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.52 percent, Dow futures is down 0.05 percent and Russell futures is up 0.04 percent.
In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.16 percent, euro dollar is down 0.05 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.07 percent and EUR/GBP is down 0.07 percent.
In oil, WTI crude is at 90.74, down 0.61 percent and Brent crude is at 95.04, down 0.5 percent.
UK volume leaders: BP down 0.07 percent, Lloyds Banking Group down 0.09 percent, Barclays up 0.67 percent, HSBC up 0.55 percent and Shell unchanged at 0 percent. continental European volume leaders: UBS up 0.65 percent, Novartis down 1.07 percent, Deutsche Telekom down 0.49 percent, Nestle up 0.46 percent and SAP up 1.96 percent.