. >>> the winner of our nft auction, tilman fertitta, will join "power lunch" today at 2:00 p.m.about his winning bid of $61,210 for the nft. 30,000 tokers sold for a grand total of $98,210, all made for charity. do not miss that on "power lunch. carl, over to you. >> we'll look for that >>> we have the exxon vote, invade ya' tonight let's get to "the half". >> thanks so much. welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner front and center, what could be an increasingly bullish sign for stocks as s&p 500 moves closer to a record high we will debite the direction of your money this hour with the investment committee joining me, kari firestone stephen weiss is here, pete najarian, joe terranova. let me take you to the wall and show you where we stand. green across the board, dow good for 62, s&p good for a fifth of a percent. russell is good for 1.5% ten-year note yield, big story today,