The CNN Money Fear and Greed Index declined to 40.5 from 42.3 on Tuesday, remaining in the Fear zone as U.S. stocks finished lower amid rising Middle East tensions. The Dow Jones fell about 628 points to 52,786.07, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.58% to 7,673.52 and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.32% to 26,421.41. Investors are awaiting producer-price data Thursday and consumer-price data Friday, with headline CPI expected at 3.4% and core CPI at 2.4%. Bloom Energy rose about 10% after confirmation it will enter the S&P 500 before the open on Sept. 21, while Intel gained 9% following a report on planned price increases, an analyst upgrade and confirmation of more than one million wafers processed with High-NA EUV lithography on its 18A process.