CBOE Financial News

US stock market and Wall Street investors look for hints about further Federal Reserve interest rate cuts that could restore some calm to S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq Composite, as per a report. A weeks-long slide in stocks accelerated in recent days with the benchmark S&P 500 on Thursday confirming it was in a correction, ending down over 10 per cent from its February 19 record high. While stocks ended the week on a positive note, with the S&P 500 rebounding sharply on Friday, the decline had wiped off more than $4 trillion in market value, with some of Wall Street's highest fliers such as Nvidia and Tesla getting pummeled, Reuters reported. Some prominent strategists have become more downbeat on the outlook for the economy and for U.S. stocks. Goldman Sachs dropped its 2025 year-end target for the S&P 500 to 6,200 from 6,500, while Yardeni Research lowered its «best-case» target for the index to 6,400 from 7,000. The S&P 500 ended on Friday at 5,638.94, as per the report on Reuters. Volatility has been rising with the Cboe Volatility index this week hitting its highest level since August before receding somewhat. Tariff news is still likely to be at the forefront for markets in the coming week, with analysts saying the levies could bite into corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.

Nifty50 is down about 7% in 2025 and one would assume that this period was marked by volatility. However, it is not reflected in the India VIX. The fear gauge index, as it is often referred to, fell nearly 6% year-to-date and is hovering 13.83 levels despite a sell-off in the Indian markets. India VIX has an inverse correlation with the markets as the index jumps when equities are falling. This is because a correction is often associated with a sense of panic and fear among investors and is not playing out the way it did historically.

Bank of Montreal is stepping into a booming product category that offers exposure to popular global stocks while hedging against currency volatility, becoming the second Canadian bank to do so.

Wall Street's fear gauge — the VIX — spiked by the second biggest percentage in its history on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve jolted the stock market by saying it would dial back its rate-cutting campaign.

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The Solana price has gained by 3.5% today, reaching $146.56 as the wider market posts a 3% increase in the past 24 hours.

VanEck and 21Shares 19b-4 filings for Solana ETF have been removed from the CBOE website which has sparked speculation the application for the products may have been withdrawn.

US stock market indexes traded higher on Monday as Wall Street and S&P 500 posted longest winning streak since November. S&P 500 rose 54.00 points to 5,608.25. The Dow Jones gained 236.77 to 40,896.53, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 245.05 to 17,876.77. This came after the index's best week of the year. S&P 500 rallied 1 per cent for its eighth straight gain. That clinched its It’s back to within 1 per cent of its all-time high after falling close to 10 per cent below the mark earlier this month. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 236 points, or 0.6 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.4 per cent.

US stock market indexes Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500, and Dow Jones are likely to trade higher on Monday as encouraging data eased recession worries following a brutal sell-off in Wall Street earlier in August. The S&P 500 has rebounded more than 6 per cent since August 5, when a steep drop pushed the benchmark the US index to its biggest three-day slide in over two years. A rapid return to calm was also evident in the Cboe Volatility Index, or Wall Street's «fear gauge,» which has retreated from last week’s four-year highs at a record pace, as per a Reuters report. Some of 2024's biggest winners have staged strong rebounds since August 5. Chipmaker Nvidia has bounced more than 20 per cent, while the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index has gained more than 14 per cent. Small-cap shares, which had been strong performers in July, have also recovered from recent lows, with the Russell 2000 up nearly 5 per cent, Reuters reported.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved nine spot ether (ETH)exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for trading on U.S. exchanges. Trading for these new crypto investment vehicles will begin today. Here's everything you need to know.

Hedging is back as investors fret over concerns about everything from the US presidential election to second-quarter earnings, economic growth and interest rates. The Cboe Volatility Index, a gauge of options prices, surged the most in more than a year last week as stocks sank with growing calls for Joseph Biden to quit the presidential race. Now that he's done so and thrown US politics into uncharted territory, futures on the gauge have slipped after earlier climbing as much as 1.8% in Asian trading. October contracts, which measure swings around the vote, rose even more in Hong Kong.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that five spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will begin trading on July 23, pending regulatory effectiveness.

Ed Tilly is joining upstart brokerage-services provider Clear Street, as the former head of Cboe Global Markets Inc. takes a new leadership role in the securities industry. 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has filed with the securities and exchange commission (SEC) to list Solana exchange-traded funds. The largest US options exchange is waiting for the SEC approval.

A group backed by Wall Street heavyweights BlackRock and Citadel Securities is planning to start a new national stock exchange in Texas, aiming to take on what they see as onerous regulation at the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The Texas Stock Exchange, which has raised approximately $120 million from individuals and large investment firms, plans to file registration documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission later this year, CEO James Lee told The Wall Street Journal. The goal is to begin facilitating trades in 2025 and host its first listing in 2026.

It’s getting awfully quiet out there in the stock market. A little too quiet.