Stocks Kept Gaining Despite Turmoil in Oil and the Middle East

Mihaela Măncilă

Lately, financial markets appear confused. Oil prices recently hit their highest level since the start of the war in Iran, stoking broad worries about inflation and a global energy crisis. Yet it was the best month for the stock market of President Trump’s second term. The S&P 500 ended April nearly 10 percent higher than where it ended March. The last time the index rose more than 10 percent in a month was November 2020 , after Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected president and early trials for

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Stocks Kept Gaining Despite Turmoil in Oil and the Middle East https://www.nytimes.com - 01.05.2026 22:32

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Stocks Kept Gaining Despite Turmoil in Oil and the Middle East https://www.nytimes.com - 01.05.2026 22:32