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Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry

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Key takeaways

  • Canada imposes new sanctions on 38 entities and 24 individuals linked to Russia’s defense, missile tech, cyber operations, and financial networks.
  • Exposed: ITA, XAR, USO, UNG, EWC
  • Market reaction: XAR +5.5% on the day; ITA +3.8% on the day; UNG +8.2% on the day

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Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry

Canada imposes new sanctions on 38 entities and 24 individuals linked to Russia’s defense, missile tech, cyber operations, and financial networks.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF+1.1% 30d

    iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story.

  • XAR SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF-4.4% 30d

    SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story.

  • USO United States Oil Fund-1.1% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund-13.5% 30d

    United States Natural Gas Fund: it follows natural-gas prices. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story.

  • EWC iShares MSCI Canada ETF+0.9% 30d

    iShares MSCI Canada ETF holds stocks listed in Canada, which this story is about (“canada”).

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings-2.7% 17d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • CVX Chevron+3.0% 30d

    Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • COP ConocoPhillips+5.4% 19d

    ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
ITA+3.67%+2.77%base+3.82%after closeafter closeafter close
XAR+2.91%+0.53%base+5.46%after closeafter closeafter close
USO+5.62%-2.06%base-3.90%after closeafter closeafter close
UNG-3.53%-0.64%base+8.24%after closeafter closeafter close
EWC+1.43%+3.07%base+1.93%after closeafter closeafter close
XOM+8.37%+2.16%base-0.67%after closeafter closeafter close
CVX+7.15%+2.05%base-1.18%after closeafter closeafter close
COP+7.74%+0.44%base-1.29%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry UNITED24 Media

Source: UNITED24 Media

Price since this story was published: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Conocophillips (COP)that day-1.29%final price
Conocophillips (COP)three days earlier+0.44%final price
Conocophillips (COP)five days earlier+7.74%final price
Chevron (CVX)that day-1.18%final price
Chevron (CVX)three days earlier+2.05%final price
Chevron (CVX)five days earlier+7.15%final price
Ishares Msci Canada Etf (EWC)that day+1.93%final price
Ishares Msci Canada Etf (EWC)three days earlier+3.07%final price
Ishares Msci Canada Etf (EWC)five days earlier+1.43%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)that day+3.82%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)three days earlier+2.77%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)five days earlier+3.67%final price
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)that day+8.24%final price
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)three days earlier-0.64%final price
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)five days earlier-3.53%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)that day-3.90%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-2.06%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier+5.62%final price
Spdr Series Trust (XAR)that day+5.46%final price
Spdr Series Trust (XAR)three days earlier+0.53%final price
Spdr Series Trust (XAR)five days earlier+2.91%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)that day-0.67%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier+2.16%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier+8.37%final price

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Companies in defense around IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

    In “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story

  • XAR Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 9 Nov 2026 story “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry.” Reason on file: SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund

    In “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Natural Gas Fund: it follows natural-gas prices. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story

  • EWC Ishares Msci Canada Etf

    In “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” Ishares Msci Canada Etf (EWC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares MSCI Canada ETF holds stocks listed in Canada, which this story is about (“canada”)

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    For “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    Chevron (CVX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 9 Nov 2026 story “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry.” Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    For “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry,” Conocophillips (COP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) and the defense link

The 9 Nov 2026 story “Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry” names IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) because of Defense.

What ties IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) to the headline is this: iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story

Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is here too. Its reason reads: SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “missile” (defense) in this story

Price levels for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

ITA traded between 197.59 and 218.73 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 216.38. USO traded between 143.02 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 148.41. XAR traded between 210.89 and 237.55 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 231.04.

How strong the case is around IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

46 out of 100

“Canada Hits Russia With New Sanctions Targeting 62 Individuals and Entities Linked to Missiles and War Industry” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.