S&P 500 & Yum! Brands

S&P 500: The S&P 500 has scaled new highs despite rising energy costs and inflation worries, indicating that corporate profits have been buoyant in the first quarter, though margin forecasts are being cut for the second quarter.

Yum! Brands: Yum! Brands faces increased costs, with every $5 rise in per-barrel oil prices adding about $5 million in costs, directly impacted by the Iran war.