By Joe Wallace
Wall Street's "fear gauge" is on the rise after President Trump's threat of tariffs against Apple and the European Union.
-- The CBOE Volatility Index rose to just under 25, from 20.28 on Thursday.
-- The index is still a far cry from its highs of over 50 after "Liberation Day" in early April.
The VIX draws on options prices to measure expected S&P 500 volatility over the next 30 days. Moves in options markets and the VIX can feed back into the underlying stock market, because of interconnected positions taken by investment banks.
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