India VIX

The latest reading is well below this year's average of 20.7. Moreover, Monday's 8.8 per cent advance is only the 10th largest seen this year

CLOSING BELL: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap100 and SmallCap100 indices fell up to 1.6 per cent.

CLOSING BELL: Select IT, metals, and pharma stocks helped the headline indices recover from the day's low

India VIX indicates investors' perception of annual market volatility over the next 30 calendar days

Economists warned that US sanctions on Russia would have a severe impact on food, energy and metal prices

The India VIX index - a gauge for market volatility - soared 6 per cent to 21.95 a day before the Union Budget

Broader indices suffer deeper cuts; SmallCap index declines 3%; RIL sinks 4% after calling off deal with Saudi Aramco

Gain for 7th day; shrug off worries about rising yields, oil prices

Be it Evergrande or the US Fed's taper timeline keeping markets on edge, we often hear about volatility. What does it mean? And what's the barometer to measure it? Let's understand in this podcast

Officials in the industry believe that the market regulator might give some concessions on the aspect of key employees of the fund houses

The fear guage has risen 22 per cent this month and is currently at 24, a level approached only a few times in the past six months

Market participants say heightened volatility in markets is attracting investors to take advantage of sharp swings, but only few will end up making money

Volatility index, India VIX, saw a sharp surge of 27 per cent to 43.18 levels, suggesting heightened volatility in the markets.

In year-to-date, the volatility gauge has seen a spike of 600%

FY20 had seen increasing issuances on higher demand from issuers

Analysts say Nifty trading range shifted to 9,000-10,000

Since the Budget, the fear gauge has slid nearly 19 per cent, even as the Nifty has slid 4.3 per cent

The Volatility Index (VIX) is also popularly referred to as the Fear Index as it shows the amount of fear in the market and that is why a high VIX is normally indicative of a panic in the market.