NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Oil prices rose Monday as the threatens to , but the U.S. stock market nevertheless inched toward more .
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil climbed 2.9% to settle at $104.21 after President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was on 鈥渓ife support鈥� after he rejected Iran鈥檚 latest proposal to end their war. The rejection raises the stakes for Trump鈥檚 , where he could urge President Xi Jinping to pressure Iran into making concessions. Xi has influence because China is the biggest buyer of Iran鈥檚 sanctioned crude oil.
The war has already sent the price for a barrel of Brent up from roughly $70 and delivered a blast of painful inflation through the global economy. That鈥檚 because it has shut the and kept oil tankers stuck in the Persian Gulf instead of delivering crude to customers worldwide.
Still, the U.S. stock market has set a run of records on hopes that the war will not keep oil prices high for very long. Companies are meanwhile than analysts expected, while signals suggest even though by expensive gasoline and tariffs.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its prior all-time high set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 95 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.1% to reach its own all-time high.
The majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell, even though the overall index rose. Among them was Mosaic, which reported much weaker results for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
The fertilizer company is benefiting from higher prices for its products, but it鈥檚 also contending with much higher prices for sulfur and other raw materials because of logistics snarls created by the war with Iran. Mosaic鈥檚 stock fell 1.8%.
Stocks of companies whose customers have the least cushion to absorb higher gasoline prices also struggled, and Dollar General fell 7.6%. Businesses with big fuel bills likewise had sharp losses, including drops of 4.3% for Royal Caribbean and 3.2% for Southwest Airlines.
Helping to offset that was Fox, which climbed 7.6% after reporting stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
More than four out of every five companies in the S&P 500 that have reported their results for the latest quarter so far have topped profit expectations, and they鈥檙e on track to deliver overall growth of nearly 28%, according to FactSet. If that turns out to be the case, it would be the best growth since the end of 2021.
It鈥檚 not just U.S. companies muscling past analysts鈥� profit expectations. Globally, companies are on track for their strongest growth in more than four years, according to Deutsche Bank strategists led by Binky Chadha. The boom in has helped corporate profits rise at a faster rate than overall economies.
Outside of earnings reports, Beazer Homes USA soared 34% after Dream Finders Homes offered to buy it in a deal valued at roughly $704 million. A combination would create the country鈥檚 seventh-largest homebuilder, and Dream Finders is asking Beazer鈥檚 shareholders to push its management and board to OK the deal after making several attempts itself.
Dream Finders rose 5%.
Tech stocks were also strong, continuing their big run amid the AI boom. Gains of 2% for Nvidia and 6.5% for Micron Technology were the strongest forces pushing the S&P 500 upward.
All told, the S&P 500 rose 13.91 points to 7,412.84. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 95.31 to 49,704.47, and the Nasdaq composite gained 27.05 to 26,274.13.
In stock markets abroad, indexes were mixed across Europe and Asia. France鈥檚 CAC 40 fell 0.7% for one of the world鈥檚 bigger losses, while South Korea鈥檚 Kospi soared 4.3% thanks to gains for Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and other tech stocks benefiting from AI.
In the bond market, Treasury yields ticked higher. The 10-year yield rose to 4.40% from 4.38% late Friday.
Yields had moderated a bit this month, but they remain well above where they were before the war with Iran began. Higher yields can raise rates for and other kinds of loans going to U.S. households and businesses, which in turn can slow the economy. Higher yields also tend to push downward on prices for stocks and other kinds of investments.
A report on Monday said the pace of sales for previously occupied U.S. .
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AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Matt Ott contributed to this report.
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