the militants posted a statemen. investors are wonder how high they can take the index. >> they are wondering when a correction might be taking place. the dow has refreshed historical highs for five straight sessions. it's gained for seven straight sessions. it ended the day up a third of a percent higher at 14,447. now stocks in new york have been climbing and last week's jobs data added to optimism that the u.s. is on path to recovery. here in tokyo we've been seeing a run of our own to see how stocks are performing. good morning. the dow extendsing gains. what are we seeing? >> the nikkei continuing higher this morning. that's up for eight trading days in a row. it's been up 790 points so far in march. let's have a look at the opening levels today for the nikkei and the topix. both are gaining. 12,446 for the nikkei and 1,049 where the topix is. bank of japan officials have been talking up this policy on a daily basis. it was just yesterday as well that another member of the policy board came out with words to tha

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