Nikkei 225 futures fall but yet to impact a positive US opening outlook-check out the Nasdaq 100

As the European morning has played out, the Nikkei 225 futures have walked back further on the closing gains seen earlier today following the Japanese election result. Now the Nikkei 225 futures are falling further into the red and handing back more than 300 points of the gains seen in the cash index earlier. That has pushed the Yen even higher, as the USD/JPY just now falls below 152.50. So, as you can see, the dollar is in danger of handing back all of the earlier Japanese session gains. At the same time, the US futures are still very much on the front foot, despite the European markets edging back from earlier highs. The Nasdaq 100 remains the most buoyant of all the US futures right now and still pricing an opening above 20,500 later this afternoon. Please also remember that owing to the clock change here in Europe, the US markets will reopen an hour earlier than usual, at 1.30pm GMT.