CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX)
| Previous Close | 27.95 |
| Open | 26.95 |
| Volume |
| Day's Range | 25.89 - 35.32 |
| 52 Week Range | 14.10 - 37.51 |
| Avg. Volume | 0 |
- Editor's PickYahoo Finance Video
Market recap: Friday, Dec. 3
Dan Wantrobski, Janney Montgomery Scott Technical Strategist and Gregg Fisher, Quent Capital founder and portfolio manager, join Yahoo Finance to decipher why stocks were down Friday and where investors could look for safety.
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Market check: Stocks edge higher as traders digest jobs report
Yahoo Finance's Jared Bilkre details how stocks are up after traders digest the jobs report.
- MarketWatch
Wall Street's 'fear index' shoots to highest level since January as S&P 500 skids lower, Nasdaq sinks toward correction
A measure of implied volatility on Wall Street on Friday touched the highest level since late January as the S&P 500 index headed toward its second consecutive weekly loss. The CBOE Volatility Index jumped by about 24% Friday, trading around 34.6, which would mark the highest level for the index since Jan. 27, according to FactSet data. The index, also known as the VIX, for its ticker symbol, has become well known as Wall Street's "fear index," since it was created in the early 1990s. The VIX it
