Indices, live.

An index summarises hundreds of individual stock moves into one number. We track the five US benchmarks (S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq, Russell 2000, VIX) and five major global indices (FTSE, DAX, CAC, Nikkei, Hang Seng). The VIX in particular is worth a glance daily — it spikes before market stress shows up in price.

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What you'll see

• S&P 500: 500 largest US companies, market-cap weighted — the broad market
• Dow Jones: 30 blue-chips, price-weighted — narrow but historic
• Nasdaq Composite: tech-heavy, growth-tilted
• Russell 2000: small-caps, leading indicator for domestic economic health
• VIX: 30-day implied volatility on S&P options — fear gauge
• Global: FTSE (UK), DAX (DE), CAC (FR), Nikkei (JP), Hang Seng (HK)

Where the data comes from

Quotes are pulled live from Yahoo Finance with a Stooq fallback (and CoinGecko for crypto specifically). Cached server-side for 90 seconds so we never hammer the upstream. No login required, no API key needed, and we don't track you across pages — see news without tracking for our privacy posture.