Thursday 18 August 2022

Tedious Thursday

US equity indexes closed on a positive note, SPX +9pts (0.2%) at 4283. Nasdaq comp' +0.2%. Dow +0.1%. The Transports settled +0.8%. R2K +0.7%.

SPX - daily

VIX - daily

Summary

US equities opened in minor chop mode, and remained that way across the day. For a Thursday... it was unusually tedious. Friday OPEX will itself bode for broad chop, if on higher vol'.

Volatility remained subdued, the VIX settling -1.7% to 19.56.
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Goodnight from London
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