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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes traded lower Tuesday, with key inflation reports due later in the week. An early loser was Tesla, which threatened to snap a win streak that saw the stock rally by nearly 48%.

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Wednesday after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month through a cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 was nearly unchanged and edged up by less than 0.