Apple's Monster Quarter Pushes Markets to New Highs, While Trump Takes a Swing at European Cars
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh records as Apple's blowout earnings lead a tech rally, crude oil drops on Hormuz news, and Trump announces 25% tariffs on EU auto imports.
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U.S. stocks kept their record-breaking streak alive on Friday, powered by a blowout earnings report from Apple Inc. (AAPL) that sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 to new all-time highs. The tech rally was broad, but not everything was rosy: crude oil sank more than 3% on news that Iran was routing a fresh Hormuz reopening proposal through Pakistani mediators, and President Donald Trump announced he's raising tariffs on European cars and trucks to 25%.
By midday, the S&P 500 was up 0.7% to 7,262, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 65 points (0.1%) to 49,729, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.1% to 27,743. Apple's 5.1% surge was the big driver, but other mega-cap tech names also joined the party: Microsoft (MSFT) climbed 2.1%, Amazon (AMZN) rose 1.9%, and Tesla (TSLA) gained 3.6%. Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) each edged 0.2% lower, but that was the exception. The small-cap Russell 2000 added 0.3% to 2,807.
Apple was the unmistakable star of the morning, jumping over 5% after the iPhone maker delivered $111.2 billion in fiscal Q2 revenue (up 17%) and $2.01 in EPS, both ahead of consensus. Greater China sales surged 28% to $20.5 billion. The company guided June-quarter revenue growth to 14%–17%, well above Street estimates around 9.5%, and services hit a record $31 billion.
Not every mega-cap earnings story was as clean. Amgen Inc. (AMGN) tumbled 5.7% despite a Q1 beat ($5.15 EPS vs. $4.80 expected) and a raised 2026 guidance, as investors keyed in on patent headwinds and biosimilar pressure. Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) slid 3.5% in profit-taking after Thursday's 15% post-earnings rally on record automotive sales and a hyperscaler custom-silicon win.
Beyond mega caps, the Russell 1000 leaderboard was dominated by software earnings winners. Atlassian exploded 24.4% higher – the stock's best day ever – after fiscal Q3 EPS of $1.75 trounced the $0.98 consensus and full-year revenue growth guidance was lifted to 24%. Twilio surged 20.2% on 20% revenue growth and a raised full-year outlook, and Reddit climbed 11.9% on a 69% revenue jump and Q2 guidance of $715M–$725M.
nVent Electric plc (NVT) rallied 11.0% on a Q1 beat with sales growth above 34%, while Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) jumped 12.0% with no scheduled earnings until May 27, the move tied to sector-rotation flows into life-sciences software.