Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies
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Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies gasworld
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
- XOM Exxon Mobil
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- CVX Chevron
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- 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
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies gasworld
Source: gasworld
The price since 13 Oct 2026: United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) versus the S&P 500
Since the first closing price after “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is -6.52%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a -6.12% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a -6.78% difference versus that group of stocks.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA | that day | -1.56% | final price |
| BA | the next day | -2.60% | final price |
| BA | two days later | -0.40% | final price |
| BA | three days later | +0.30% | final price |
| BA | three days earlier | -0.93% | final price |
| BA | five days earlier | +0.18% | final price |
| CVX | that day | +1.30% | final price |
| CVX | the next day | +3.29% | final price |
| CVX | two days later | +2.02% | final price |
| CVX | three days later | +4.63% | final price |
| CVX | three days earlier | -1.61% | final price |
| CVX | five days earlier | -3.45% | 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 |
| HII | that day | -2.41% | final price |
| HII | the next day | +0.16% | final price |
| HII | two days later | +1.23% | final price |
| HII | three days later | +2.87% | final price |
| HII | three days earlier | +0.38% | final price |
| HII | five days earlier | -0.10% | 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 |
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) filings in this energy story
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Middle East on the map for this story
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Who gains and who loses around United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)
Companies mentioned with this story
- UNG United States Natural Gas Fund
For “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows
- XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr
For “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows
- AEIS Advanced Energy Industries
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies.” 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
For “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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
Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies.” 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
- BE Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies.” Reason on file: GA selected BE 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
- BTE Baytex Energy
For “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies,” Baytex Energy (BTE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BTE 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
- BTU Peabody Energy
Peabody Energy (BTU) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies.” Reason on file: GA selected BTU 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 a Middle East shock reaches United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)
On 13 Oct 2026, “Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies” is the story that connects United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) to Middle East.
What ties United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) to the headline is this: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows
Also listed, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE): Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows
Dates in the story, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) price range
AEIS traded between 235.20 and 309.05 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 240.77. UNG traded between 10.14 and 11.66 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 10.47. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.
How solid the energy case looks
46 out of 100
“Japan strengthens LNG security as Middle East conflict disrupts supplies” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.