The behavior of XIV continues to be worrisome as it is woefully underperforming UPRO and even SPY. The last 10 minutes saw a bullish volume surge, putting QQQ in the green (having been red all day) and finally giving a boost to XIV The NYAD closed near the lows of the day.
Energy stocks were the big winners, silver was the big loser.
The VIX dropped almost 5 % and prices are up marginally in after hours trading.