Decisively bearish, or simply panicked activity, to finish the trading week wasn’t simply left to stock trading on S&P 500 Index ($SPX) companies. Larger institutions were equally forceful in securing protection and wagering with bearish conviction based on Barchart’s scanning and Options Flow features. The S&P 500 broke and finished just beneath its 200-day simple moving average. It’s the first technical breach of this well-watched indicator since March 2025 when Wall Street was panicking over tariffs and trade wars. Today, Iran and surging oil prices have taken center stage. Also, the CBOE Volatility Index ($VIX) rallied 25% from Wednesday’s low…
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