{"id":3578,"date":"2026-05-02T02:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/02\/sp-500-hits-new-record-high-to-kick-off-may-fueled-by-apples-surge-as-oil-prices-ease\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:49:12","slug":"sp-500-hits-new-record-high-to-kick-off-may-fueled-by-apples-surge-as-oil-prices-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/05\/02\/sp-500-hits-new-record-high-to-kick-off-may-fueled-by-apples-surge-as-oil-prices-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"S&P 500 Hits New Record High to Kick Off May, Fueled by Apple’s Surge as Oil Prices Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs to begin May trading, buoyed by a strong performance in Apple shares. Conversely, oil prices experienced a decline as diplomatic efforts regarding the Middle East conflict continued.<\/p>\n

Apple’s stock surged after exceeding earnings and revenue expectations, while oil prices reacted to developments in Iran-U.S. negotiations. The positive market sentiment is supported by a strong earnings season and hopes for de-escalation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs to begin May trading, buoyed by a strong performance in Apple shares. Conversely, oil prices experienced a decline as diplomatic efforts regarding the Middle East conflict continued. Apple’s stock surged after exceeding earnings and revenue expectations, while oil prices reacted to developments in Iran-U.S. negotiations. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108300670-1777583560370-1682932539005-PXM051-HIGH-STATION-002.jpg?v=1777583560&w=1920&h=1080&ffmt=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-security","rifnote_country-europe","rifnote_country-iran","rifnote_country-pakistan","rifnote_country-usa","rifnote_executive-andrew-bailey","rifnote_executive-david-krakauer","rifnote_executive-donald-trump","rifnote_executive-greg-abel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108300670-1777583560370-1682932539005-PXM051-HIGH-STATION-002.jpg?v=1777583560&w=1920&h=1080&ffmt=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}