Stocks were lower Tuesday afternoon as the market took a breather after a weeklong, election-fueled rally that has pushed major indexes to a series of record highs.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 43 points ... The election of Donald Trump to another term in the White House last week has ignited a rally in stocks on optimism that lower taxes and looser regulation will bolster company earnings over ...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.21%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +1.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -0.19%. Stocks today are moderately higher,

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.

Asian stocks eased while the dollar held at four-month highs on Tuesday, though all the excitement was centred on bitcoin as it soared to a record peak underpinned by investor bets on assets that are likely to benefit from Donald Trump's election win.

Most U.S. stocks rose on Wall Street, but drops for Nvidia and some other heavyweight Big Tech companies kept indexes in check.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were in positive territory Monday morning, as stocks continued to rally on Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.