S&P 500 eclipses 6,000 and Dow surpasses 44,000. Here’s why stocks could keep climbing. The price of bitcoin is falling after failing to breach a new milestone. The crypto currency early Tuesday came within five bucks of touching $90,000 for the first time, but has faltered to trade down nearly 1% at just above $86,000.

Forecasters had expected lingering inflation in October. How will the new numbers affect the next Federal Reserve decision on interest rates?

U.S. stocks were mixed in early Wednesday trading, while Treasury yields slipped and the dollar steadied, as investors looked through a key inflation reading that could accelerate repricing of the so-called 'Trump Trade' and test the market's solid post-election rally.