American stock markets fell, the fear index shot up

The fall on the American stock markets increased significantly on Friday, the S&P500 is already down 1.4%, and thus the index fell to the important technical support zone (it is now around 5,865 points). The technology-heavy Nasdaq is down 2.4%, while the Dow Jones is down 0.8%.

Parallel to the fall of the stock indices, the VIX index, known as the stock market fear index, shot up, the rate of the jump was around 18% to around 17 points, while the American WTI oil price fell by 2.5% to $67, the price of gold stagnated around $2,570.