European session market picture: S&P 500 +0.23%, Nasdaq 100 +0.22%; EUR/USD -0.02%, WTI -1.25%, LLOY leads volume

European session market picture. US index futures: S and P futures is up 0.23 percent, Nasdaq futures is up 0.22 percent, Dow futures is up 0.41 percent and Russell futures is up 0.23 percent. In currencies, the dollar index is up 0.01 percent, euro dollar is down 0.02 percent, GBP/USD is up 0.02 percent and EUR/GBP is down 0.02 percent. In oil, WTI crude is at 88.31, down 1.25 percent and Brent crude is at 99.51, down 0.81 percent. UK volume leaders: Lloyds Banking Group up 0.43 percent, HSBC up 0.55 percent, Barclays up 0.35 percent, BP down 0.82 percent and Shell up 0.15 percent. continental European volume leaders: Novartis up 1.68 percent, UBS up 0.77 percent, Deutsche Telekom up 0.26 percent, Nestle up 0.3 percent and SAP up 1.53 percent.