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How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil

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Oil is increasingly calling the tune in global markets as rising energy prices make investors nervous.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • FRO Frontline

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • INSW International Seaways

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    Oil prices move when Iranian supply is at risk

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    Energy companies move with Iran supply risk

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • RTX RTX

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • DAL Delta Air Lines

    Airlines pay more for fuel when oil prices jump

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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INSW———————
DHT———————
TNK———————
USO———————
XLE———————
LMT———————
RTX———————
XOM———————
DAL———————

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) compared with industrial stocks (XLI) since 15 Sep 2026

Since the first closing price after “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is -3.57%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +1.66% over the same days, a -5.23% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.17%, a -2.40% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Disclosure records for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) within two months of 15 Sep 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

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

Companies carried with this story

  • ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

    IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • XAR Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: Security escalation that explicitly implicates oil infrastructure or crude supply can transmit into crude-price and energy-equity proxies

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: Security escalation that explicitly implicates oil infrastructure or crude supply can transmit into crude-price and energy-equity proxies

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Security escalation that explicitly implicates oil infrastructure or crude supply can transmit into crude-price and energy-equity proxies

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil.” Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    In “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How defense news reaches IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

The 15 Sep 2026 story “How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil” names IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) because of Defense.

The link for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is this: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is here too. Its reason reads: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

What this defense story puts on the calendar

ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.

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

100 out of 100

“How the Iran war is transforming the relationship between stocks, bonds and oil” scores 100 out of 100. The score uses 14 linked companies.