Wall Street stocks touch records on upbeat earnings, dip in oil

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US and global stocks jumped on Tuesday (May 5) taking heart from a series of robust earnings, while oil prices eased despite still-simmering hostilities between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record high closes on Tuesday, lifted by Intel