3:00 PM Flash: S&P 500 Surges Past 7440 as VIX Drops Below 17

Three PM Flash. Wall Street is pushing higher this afternoon. The S and P five hundred is currently at seven thousand four hundred forty three point forty seven, up eighty nine point eighty six points or one point two two percent. The VIX has eased to sixteen point ninety four, down two point eight seven percent. Gold is trading at four thousand five hundred forty one dollars. WTI crude sits at ninety seven dollars and thirty five cents a barrel, while Bitcoin is holding at seventy seven thousand five hundred ten. In other news, former LCF CEO has been sentenced to six months in prison for breaching a court order. This adds to the growing list of accountability measures in the financial sector and may be helping underpin some of the positive sentiment we're seeing in equities today. On a more personal note, a new wave of intimate wellness technology is offering hope to women struggling with perimenopause symptoms that many have suffered with in silence. In other news, turning just one hour a day in front of the television into four thousand dollars a month is now a reality for some savvy side hustlers. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.