🕐 Market Recap | Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Risk-off shock: VIX explodes higher as mega-cap tech sells off across the board
📈 Market Overview
A sharp risk-off move dominates mid-day trading:
• S&P 500 (SPX): -1.16% — decisive breakdown below key intraday support
• All mega-cap tech in the red
• VIX: +13.54% — volatility spike signals fear-driven selling, not rotation
🧵 Stock-by-Stock Breakdown
VIX +13.54% $CBOE Volatility S&P 500 Index (.VIX.US)$
Major volatil...

The S&P 500, Dow industrials and Nasdaq Composite all rose slightly Friday as a better-than-expected U.S. inflation report and strength in Meta, Salesforce and other select Big Techs outweighed resumed weakness for cryptocurrencies.
The $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ added 72.99 points (0.3%) to a 23,578.13 close, while the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ gained 104.05 ticks (0.2%) to 47,954.99 and th...

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Before the Bell
On Tuesday, stock futures declined amid concerns over a potential U.S. government shutdown.
Futures tied to the $E-mini S&P 500 Futures (MAR6) (ESmain.US)$ fell 0.19%. $E-mini NASDAQ 100 Futures (MAR6) (NQmain.US)$ went down by 0.13%, and $E-mini Dow Futures (MAR6) (YMmain.US)$ went up 119 points, or 0.26%.
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