Equity markets around the world powered to fresh 2009 highs yesterday as a global wave of forecast-beating corporate earnings helped investors put aside concerns about potential asset bubbles in China.
By midday in New York, the S&P 500 was up 1.6 per cent at a new eight-month high and within striking distance of the 1,000 level. The benchmark has now rallied nearly 50 per cent from its low in March.
However, in spite of the S&P's sharp gain, the Vix index of equity volatility, a closely-watched measure of risk appetite often called Wall Street's “fear gauge”, was little changed at 25.4.
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