New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks
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New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks FXStreet
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
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
Long-term bonds move when yields change
- IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond
Treasury bonds move when yields change
- 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
New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks FXStreet
Source: FXStreet
The price since 12 Oct 2026: United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) versus the S&P 500
Since the first closing price after “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks,” United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) is -1.70%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a -0.23% difference versus the market.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA | that day | -0.50% | final price |
| BA | the next day | -2.05% | final price |
| BA | two days later | -3.08% | final price |
| BA | three days later | -0.90% | final price |
| BA | three days earlier | -1.13% | final price |
| BA | five days earlier | +1.20% | final price |
| GD | that day | +1.14% | final price |
| GD | the next day | +0.35% | final price |
| GD | two days later | +0.99% | final price |
| GD | three days later | +1.70% | final price |
| GD | three days earlier | -1.46% | final price |
| GD | five days earlier | +0.12% | final price |
| HII | that day | -0.20% | final price |
| HII | the next day | -2.61% | final price |
| HII | two days later | -0.05% | final price |
| HII | three days later | +1.02% | final price |
| HII | three days earlier | -1.48% | final price |
| HII | five days earlier | +0.73% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | that day | +0.04% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | the next day | +0.16% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | two days later | +0.34% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | three days later | +1.06% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | three days earlier | -0.31% | final price |
| Ishares Tr (IEF) | five days earlier | -0.55% | final price |
| ITA | that day | -0.28% | final price |
| ITA | the next day | -1.26% | final price |
| ITA | two days later | -1.17% | final price |
| ITA | three days later | +0.09% | final price |
| ITA | three days earlier | -1.47% | final price |
| ITA | five days earlier | +0.06% | final price |
Middle East on the map for this story
Middle East has 0 linked stories in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.”
Who gains and who pays if Middle East stays in the story
Companies carried with this story
- UGA United States Gasoline Fund
United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- DBA Invesco Db Agriculture Fund
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- MOO Vaneck Etf Trust
In “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks,” Vaneck Etf Trust (MOO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- XME Spdr Series Trust
Spdr Series Trust (XME) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- XLY Select Sector Spdr Tr
In “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- IWM Ishares Tr
Ishares Tr (IWM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
- HYG Ishares Tr
In “New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks,” Ishares Tr (HYG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
From Middle East to United States Gasoline Fund (UGA)
“New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks” (12 Oct 2026) reaches United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) through Middle East.
What ties United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) to the headline is this: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
Also listed, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG): Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations
Price levels for United States Gasoline Fund (UGA)
DBA traded between 27.85 and 28.86 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 28.19. GSG traded between 35.09 and 37.22 across 10 sessions. The latest close on file is 37.04. UGA traded between 140.00 and 152.81 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 143.49.
A simple score for United States Gasoline Fund (UGA)
46 out of 100
“New Zealand Dollar weakens as Middle East conflict elevates inflation risks” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 20 linked companies.