NASDAQ 100 Round Up - Higher: AKAM, WYNN, PCAR

Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 13:35 Written by Christopher Lynn

New York, October 25th (TradersHuddle.com) - The NASDAQ 100 Index is higher trading at 2659.29, which represents 0.14% versus its previous close. The index is mixed for the day with slightly more than 50% of its components on the green.

Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM) is the NASDAQ 100's top performer today with the stock trading at $39.15 representing 8.42% from its previous trading session. Shares of Akamai, the provider of delivery services for streaming media have defined support at $36.02 and resistance at $40.32.

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) is also among the top performers, and it is trading at $119.11 representing 6.07% from its previous close. Wynn Resorts, the luxury casino operator, has calculated support and resistance levels at $109.95 and $119.50 respectively. The other top performer of the NASDAQ 100 is PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR), which is trading at $41.79 representing 5.61% from its previous close.

The NASDAQ 100's worst performers include F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV), which is trading at $82.74 or -11.34% from the prior close. Shares of F5 Networks, the application delivery networking Company have defined support at $96.40 and resistance at $111.00. Also among the worst performers Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS), which is trading at $60.36 representing -5.81% from the previous session.

The NASDAQ 100 is underperfoming the Dow Jones but is pretty much equal with the S&P 500. The Dow Jones Industrial Index is currently trading at 13081.1, which represents 0.03% from previous close, the S&P 500, on the other hand, is trading at 1411.36 that represents 0.19% from its previous close.