A short while ago the gains in the Dow Jones seemed to help push the DAX up to test the 18k level once more. As noted here much earlier today, the German benchmark index had topped out in very early trade, at 18,001. It came very close to that level a few moments ago, but seems to be running into sellers around that level once more. There is still time ahead of the close today, to see if the index can manage to post a daily close above 18k for the first time ever. However, for the time being that level seems to be rather elusive. The DAX is just now trading at 17,968