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​DAX 40, NASDAQ 100 regain lost ground amid year-end portfolio rebalancing​

​​​DAX 40, NASDAQ 100 regain lost ground amid year-end fund manager portfolio rebalancing.​​

DAX 40 chart Source: Adobe images

​​​DAX 40 bounces back

​The German DAX 40's decline this week seems to have ended at Monday’s 19,748 low as it is regaining some lost ground amid fund manager re-balancing ahead of year-end.

Minor resistance remains to be seen between the psychological 20,000 mark and last week’s high at 20,024.

​Support below Monday’s 19,748 low comes in between the October highs at 19,683-to-19,643, the 20 December low at 19,635 and the 55-day simple moving average (SMA) at 19,628.

DAX 40 chart Source: IT-Finance.com
DAX 40 chart Source: IT-Finance.com

​NASDAQ 100 regains lost ground

​The NASDAQ 100's three-day drop to Monday’s 21,025 low has been followed by a minor bounce with fund manager year-end portfolio rebalancing taking the index back above its 21,233 November peak. Together with the 10 December low at 21,316 it may act as resistance, though.

​A slip below Monday’s 21,025 trough would put the August-to-December uptrend line and 55-day SMA 20,940-to-20,919 on the map.

NASDAQ 100 chart Source: IT-Finance.com
NASDAQ 100 chart Source: IT-Finance.com

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