Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release
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Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail. Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting. We were innocent when we were taken on the 7th of April 2021, and we remain innocent today. I was released from prison hours away from death. My body was shutting down after months of critical illness and excruciating pain, but I remained trapped in Iraq. She is an incredible person, someone that I have so much respect for, and being able to come home was incredible. Just the emotion that it brings is, you can’t describe it. I mean, it’s been years. Continue reading...
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- LMT Lockheed Martin
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- RTX RTX
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- NOC Northrop Grumman
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR
Energy prices move when Russian supply is at risk
- GD General Dynamics
Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises
- ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense
A fund of aerospace and defense companies
- USO United States Oil Fund
This fund moves with oil prices
- WEAT Teucrium Wheat
Wheat prices rise when Black Sea grain is disrupted
- MOS Mosaic
Fertilizer makers move with Russian supply
- CF CF Industries
Fertilizer makers move with Russian supply
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serv…
Source: The Guardian
The price since 12 Oct 2026: Ally Financial (ALLY) versus the S&P 500
Since the first closing price after “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Ally Financial (ALLY) is -0.15%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +1.32% difference versus the market.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CF | that day | +2.33% | final price |
| CF | the next day | +4.26% | final price |
| CF | two days later | +4.53% | final price |
| CF | three days later | +5.47% | final price |
| CF | three days earlier | -0.87% | final price |
| CF | five days earlier | +1.26% | final price |
| GD | that day | -0.79% | final price |
| GD | the next day | -0.15% | final price |
| GD | two days later | +0.55% | final price |
| GD | three days later | +2.69% | final price |
| GD | three days earlier | -1.56% | final price |
| GD | five days earlier | -1.12% | final price |
| ITA | that day | -0.98% | final price |
| ITA | the next day | -0.89% | final price |
| ITA | two days later | +0.37% | final price |
| ITA | three days later | +1.47% | final price |
| ITA | three days earlier | -0.59% | final price |
| ITA | five days earlier | +1.03% | final price |
| LMT | that day | -1.60% | final price |
| LMT | the next day | +1.95% | final price |
| LMT | two days later | +4.06% | final price |
| LMT | three days later | +7.83% | final price |
| LMT | three days earlier | -0.82% | final price |
| LMT | five days earlier | -0.43% | final price |
| MOS | that day | +1.75% | final price |
| MOS | the next day | +0.85% | final price |
| MOS | two days later | +0.53% | final price |
| MOS | three days later | -0.16% | final price |
| MOS | three days earlier | +4.67% | final price |
| MOS | five days earlier | +11.09% | final price |
Official trades in Ally Financial (ALLY) around 12 Oct 2026
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Who gains and who loses around Ally Financial (ALLY)
Companies carried with this story
- ALLY Ally Financial
For “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Ally Financial (ALLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ALLY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- BAC Bank Of America
Bank Of America (BAC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release.” Reason on file: GA selected BAC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: bank. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- BMO Bank Of Montreal /Can/
In “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Bank Of Montreal /Can/ (BMO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BMO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: bank. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- CM Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce /Can/
For “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce /Can/ (CM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: bank. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- CRBG Corebridge Financial
For “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Corebridge Financial (CRBG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CRBG as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- EFC Ellington Financial
In “Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release,” Ellington Financial (EFC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected EFC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
Ally Financial (ALLY)
“Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release” (12 Oct 2026) reaches Ally Financial (ALLY) through this story.
The link for Ally Financial (ALLY) is this: GA selected ALLY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: financial. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
Bank Of America (BAC) is here too. Its reason reads: GA selected BAC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: bank. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
Dates and price levels for Ally Financial (ALLY)
ALLY traded between 36.18 and 40.33 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 37.53. BAC traded between 49.26 and 58.11 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 50.39. BMO traded between 159.57 and 177.46 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 166.07.
A simple score for Ally Financial (ALLY)
46 out of 100
“Australia politics live: Greens at odds about Ukraine weapons; Robert Pether speaks after Iraq prison release” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.