PARIS, May 23 (Reuters): The Euro STOXX 50 Volatility Index surged 18 per cent to a 3-week high on Thursday, as weak Chinese macro data and worries the US Federal Reserve could soon trim its stimulus measures dented investors' appetite for risk.
Europe's widely-used measure of investor risk aversion known as the VSTOXX - which is based on put and call options on Euro STOXX 50 stocks - jumped to 19.27 on Thursday, while the Euro STOXX 50 index dropped 2.4 per cent, its biggest slide in nearly three months
Europe's widely-used measure of investor risk aversion known as the VSTOXX - which is based on put and call options on Euro STOXX 50 stocks - jumped to 19.27 on Thursday, while the Euro STOXX 50 index dropped 2.4 per cent, its biggest slide in nearly three months
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