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J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales

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J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales Reuters

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

  • 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

  • BA Boeing

    Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending

  • LHX L3Harris

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • HII Huntington Ingalls

    Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises

  • EPI WISDOMTREE INDIA EARNINGS FUND ETF

    GA selected EPI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: earnings. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
LMT———————
RTX———————
NOC———————
GD-1.12%-1.56%—-0.79%-0.15%+0.55%+2.69%
ITA+1.03%-0.59%—-0.98%-0.89%+0.37%+1.47%
BA+0.18%-0.93%—-1.56%-2.60%-0.40%+0.30%
LHX-0.18%-0.55%—-1.46%-0.27%+0.99%+4.32%
HII-0.10%+0.38%—-2.41%+0.16%+1.23%+2.87%
EPI———————

J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical-device sales CNBC

Source: CNBC

How far Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) has moved since 13 Oct 2026

Since the first closing price after “J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales,” Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) is +0.76%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +1.16% difference versus the market.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BAthat day-1.56%final price
BAthe next day-2.60%final price
BAtwo days later-0.40%final price
BAthree days later+0.30%final price
BAthree days earlier-0.93%final price
BAfive days earlier+0.18%final price
GDthat day-0.79%final price
GDthe next day-0.15%final price
GDtwo days later+0.55%final price
GDthree days later+2.69%final price
GDthree days earlier-1.56%final price
GDfive days earlier-1.12%final price
HIIthat day-2.41%final price
HIIthe next day+0.16%final price
HIItwo days later+1.23%final price
HIIthree days later+2.87%final price
HIIthree days earlier+0.38%final price
HIIfive days earlier-0.10%final price
ITAthat day-0.98%final price
ITAthe next day-0.89%final price
ITAtwo days later+0.37%final price
ITAthree days later+1.47%final price
ITAthree days earlier-0.59%final price
ITAfive days earlier+1.03%final price
LHXthat day-1.46%final price
LHXthe next day-0.27%final price
LHXtwo days later+0.99%final price
LHXthree days later+4.32%final price
LHXthree days earlier-0.55%final price
LHXfive days earlier-0.18%final price
EPI
SPY

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Middle East has 0 linked stories in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales.”

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Companies tied to this story

  • EPI Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf

    In “J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales,” Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected EPI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: earnings. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

What Middle East means for Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI)

On 13 Oct 2026, “J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales” is the story that connects Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) to Middle East.

Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) is on the page because GA selected EPI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: earnings. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates in the story, and the Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI) price range

EPI traded between 39.37 and 42.06 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 41.09.

A simple score for Wisdomtree India Earnings Fund Etf (EPI)

29 out of 100

“J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales” scores 29 out of 100. The score uses 3 sources, and 1 linked companies.