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Yesterday, the CBOE Volatility Index [VIX
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The Dow Industrials has shown some significant moves each day over the past two weeks. In fact, yesterday the Dow [.DJIA
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Take a look at the impressive recent swings for the Dow:
Dow's trading range
- Today: 332 points (as of mid day)
- Yesterday: 816 points
- Wednesday: 779 points
- Tuesday: 709 points
- Monday: 966 points
- Last Friday: 1,019 points
- Last Thursday: 869 points
- Last Wednesday: 433 points
- Last Tuesday: 687 points
- Last Monday: 797 points
Put all those swings together, and over the past 10 trading sessions, the Dow has moved over 7,400 points – nearly 85% of its ~9,000 level.
Leading the Dow up today are IBM [IBM
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