Gold, VIX Jump Higher on Malaysian Plane Crash

Traders are moving to risk trading vehicles amid news a Malaysian Air flight with 295 on board crashed in Ukraine near the boarder of Russia and may have been shot down:

• The VIX is up 16%, the most since April.
• Spot gold is up $22.40 to $1322
• GLD (NYSE: GLD) is up 1.7%

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