Trading slowed this afternoon, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average now up 27 points and roughly midway within today’s 114-point trading range. The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX), which slipped .75 last week, is off another .86 to 24.63 and near session lows. Volume is on the light side. 4.8 million calls and 4 million puts traded so far, or about 94 percent of the recent average daily volume.