Closing Bell: All Eyes on Apple 4/30/26
Closing Bell
CNBC
4.4 • 139 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All right, guys, thanks so much. |
| 0:01.6 | Welcome to closing bell. |
| 0:02.5 | I'm Scott Wapner, live from Post 9 right here at the New York Stock Exchange. This maker breakout begins with the earnings download, the countdown to Apple in overtime. It is another big night for mega-cap tech. We're going to ask our experts what's really at stake here. In the meantime, I'm going to show you a record-setting scorecard with 60 to go in regulation because the S&P and the NASDAQ both hit new all-time intraday highs. |
| 0:25.4 | The focus is obviously more on earnings than oil. |
| 0:28.0 | That is the story of this market. |
| 0:31.4 | Alphabet and Amazon hitting all-time highs today following their own earnings reports. |
| 0:36.2 | Microsoft and Medito, even under pressure all day long, |
| 0:39.9 | as the street worries about their massive Cappex spending. We'll ask our experts about that, too. |
| 0:44.9 | Lily is a big winner, and the same is for Qualcomm today on the back of its own earnings, up 14% there. |
| 0:50.3 | It takes us to our talk of the tape. All eyes are on Apple right now. We'll begin there. |
| 0:54.8 | Mack. Mackie Sagalos tells us what to watch for tonight. Hi there, Mac. |
| 0:59.5 | Hey, Scott. So this quarter is a test of whether Apple can continue. It's record-breaking iPhone |
| 1:04.9 | 17 cycle momentum and show that it has a real consumer AI strategy. The near-term setup is strong. |
| 1:11.7 | Wall Street looking for revenue to jump 15% driven by 20% growth in iPhone. |
| 1:16.8 | Services should cross 30 billion again. |
| 1:19.6 | China is expected to keep rebounding. |
| 1:21.7 | And Mac is the potential upside surprise, |
| 1:24.9 | with Goldman modeling 12% growth, 3X, the street estimates, helped by early |
| 1:30.2 | traction for its budget MacBook Neo. |
| 1:32.9 | Now, memory is key to margin. |
| 1:34.2 | Apple's better hedge than peers through supply deals and earlier buying, but that cushion |
| 1:38.7 | may not last. |
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