CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, does the bull have legs? Can he continue yesterday's rampage through Wall Street, the one that ran up the Dow industrials a record 499 points. The answer to that will begin unfolding about 90 minutes from now and some factors should affect stock prices today. The February consumer price index will be released shortly, it's a key inflation barometer and could impact interest rates. And it's triple-witching day when options and futures expire, and that should prompt heavy trading by institutional investors. Deborah Marchini joins us now from CNN Financial News in New York. Deb, what's in-store for the Dow today do you think?</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's really tough to say, because of the two factors that you just mentioned, Carol. Of course, we're looking at S&P; futures indicated slightly lower at today's open. The same is true of the Nasdaq futures and it shouldn't be much of a surprise after yesterday's record-setting point run-up in the Dow industrials, but, that said, those declines may steepen, they may not hold. It will depend in part on what happens with triple witching, most of the activity concentrated at the open of trade today, and also those consumer price reports, particularly that core rate minus energy, because energy prices have gone up a lot. If it comes in much over 2/10ths of a percent, you could see some selling after all the optimism over inflation on yesterday's report -- Carol.</s>LIN: All right, thanks so much for that preview, Deb. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web
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