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VIX Surges for Second Day as Global Stocks Erase 2010 Advance
The benchmark index for U.S. stock options rose to an almost three-month high as concern that the European debt crisis will curtail global growth wiped out the 2010 gain for the MSCI World Index and boosted demand for contracts to protect stocks.
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