volume on the light side, 700 million shares traded. technology, financial services, you will on the upswing. finishing the day at 1368. i ve been speaking with traders on wall street. here s what i m watching this afternoon. recapping the dow and s&p 500, snapping five days of losses. however, some of the gains may have been trimmed. concerns in some parts of the country that rising gasoline prices may crimp consumer spending. the financial index climbing 1.5%, ahead of jpmorgan chase and wells fargo this friday for the first quarter. natural gas settles below $2 for the first time since 2002. anticipation of further mild weather. bob pisani, on the floor of the nyse, pretty good snap back? yes. i think alcoa was a positive but on the margins i think what really moved things was the ecb official over in europe who said if things really get bad we have the power to go out and buy spanish bonds and that reversed all of the build-up in yields or essentially stocked it. that w