Gainers

• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term (NYSE: VXX) up 3.06 percent to $25.23. The CBOE VIX is up about 2.5 percent as the market prices in the proposed Greek settlement coupled with better than expected jobless claims. Though Greece and the troika agreed to terms, austerity measures proposed — including government job cuts and lower pensions — may further hamper a nation that has been struggling for a while.

  Otherwise, initial claims fell 15,000 to 358,000, from a revised 373,000 last week.

• United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: UNG) up 3.28 percent to $5.36. Nat gas supplies