s&p index chairman david blitzer is our guest next.t's look at some of today's winners and losers. the dow is still knocking on the door of the 14,000 mark. there are lots of winners. we'll be right back. officemax knows... ...tax time can be...well...taxing. so right now we'll give you... ...$10 off any turbo tax deluxe level software or higher! find thousands of big deals now... ...at officemax. ashley: is half past the hour. taking a look at the dow 30 right now. we are up 65 points. let's head to the floor of the new york stock exchange where nicole petallides is standing by. nicole: we have watched the markets get closer and closer to 14,000. it has been an exciting time. how do you think you feel traders feel about the fact that we went from 6500 almost back to our all-time high. >> there is a fair amount of interpretation that we are already overextended, overbought. we are sticking up that bullish sentiment in there. if you look at what is happening, we are making higher lows with each day. we have done that with ten sessions.

s&p's david blitzer will join us to break these numbers down moments from now. let's get a check on futures. and how we are setting up, this after the s&p ended its eight-day rally. it managed to hold above the 1,500 mark in yesterday's session. the dow looking to lose about nine. confidence numbers are on tap at 10:00. italian field auction, selling bills at the lowest yields since march 2010. we have mostly red arrows across the board in europe. asia, big day for shanghai which officially enters bull market territory. road map here starts with apple. the pressure mounts for the company to launch a new omg product. app announces that its fourth generation ipad is on its way with 128 gigs, with a starting price of $799. >> surge revenue topping expectations. honeymoon continues for mersa myer. we look ahead to amazon tonight. >> the f series pickups in north america, the losses will be deeper in europe this year. the conference is getting under way as we speak. >>> apple announcing 128 gigabyte version of the fourth-generation ipad. the company says the tablet w

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