The overall fear level saw some easing in the US equity markets, despite the Wall Street settling lower on Tuesday, according to the CNN Money Fear and Greed index.
Wall street closed a choppy session on a lower note on Tuesday amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China.
U.S. stocks settled lower after a volatile session on Tuesday amid increasing tensions between the US and China following House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
All the three major indices settled in the red zone, with the blue-chip Dow Jones recording the worst performance.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) reported quarterly earnings of $3.18 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.01 by 5.65 percent. This is a 22.31 percent increase over earnings of $2.60 per share from the same