Wild Two Weeks

Yesterday, the CBOE Volatility Index [VIX  Loading...      ()   ] spiked to a record high, crossing 80 for the first time intraday.

The Dow Industrials has shown some significant moves each day over the past two weeks. In fact, yesterday the Dow [.DJIA  Loading...      ()   ] was up 10% from its session low to session high.

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  Loading...      ()   ], Merck [MRK  Loading...      ()   ] and Chevron [CVX  Loading...      ()   ], while Caterpillar [CAT  Loading...      ()   ], United Technologies [UTX  Loading...      ()   ] and JP Morgan Chase [JPM  Loading...      ()   ] are pulling the Dow down.

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