Market Fear Index Falls as Tech Gains Lift Wall Street

Market worries were easing as the Dow Jones Industrial Index moved past the key 52,000 level and fears about U.S.-Iran hostility around the Strait of Hormuz eased. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, fell to 17.57. Stock futures were rising on the three main indexes in Tuesday's premarket with the Dow up 112 points, or 0.2%, the S&P 500 up 0.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 rising 0.2%.