Nasdaq 100 futures higher as European gains stall for the time being

The DAX and the FTSE 100 are currently off their earlier best levels of the session, where both reached new all time highs. The FTSE 100 rose to 8,692 and the DAX reached 21,799. The Nasdaq 100 reached a high yesterday at 21,623 before backing off to close at 21,508. Since that close the Q4 results from Apple have had a positive impact. That stock is the highest weighted in the Nasdaq and its gains in the premarket since last night have kept the Nasdaq 100 futures in the green ever since. Earlier, it was priced to reopen close to 21,700 and it is currently not that far below the earlier high. The only question now today; is will month-end profit-taking get the better of it ahead of the close tonight? To try and answer that from a technical perspective there is a level to note. If we take the recent slide from the high at 21,945, to the DeepSeek induced low, at 20,974 and look at the daily bar chart, we can see there is a gap. That is open to 21,709. So, that might be a level of resistance this afternoon. We shall have to wait for live trading, to see if that turns out to be the case. The Nasdaq 100 is right now priced to reopen around 21,670