LONDON (Feb 6): Three US-listed inverse VIX ETFs were halted from trading on Tuesday after suffering heavy losses on Monday when a spike in US stocks volatility caused a violent unwind of trades betting volatility would stay low.

See: Longer term outlook for global stocks remains positive, says Bank of Singapore

Trading in the VelocityShares Inverse Vix Short-Term ETN, ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN was halted and all three products had a short sell restriction placed on them, Thomson Reuters data showed.

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