How it’s computed: half price, half fear. Price: the three indices’ average move (-0.14%), 25 points per 1% from 50. Fear: the VIX (16.0) as 50 − 4 × (VIX − 20). Averaged, capped 0–100.
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S&P 500 flat as Dow rises 550 points on rotational trading.
Meta (-1.7%), Alphabet (-1.0%), Amazon (-0.6%) led decliners; Tesla (+1.1%) and Apple (+0.9%) rose.
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