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Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data

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Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data Bloomberg.com

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

  • UGA UNITED STATES GASOLINE FUND LP

    Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations.

  • GSG ISHARES S&P GSCI COMMODITY-

    Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
LMT———————
RTX———————
NOC———————
GD+0.12%-1.46%—+1.14%+0.35%+0.99%+1.70%
ITA———————
BA+1.20%-1.13%—-0.50%-2.05%-3.08%-0.90%
LHX———————
HII+0.73%-1.48%—-0.20%-2.61%-0.05%+1.02%
UGA———————
GSG-1.75%-1.22%—+0.94%+1.91%+1.44%+1.39%

Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data Bloomberg.com

Source: Bloomberg

United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” 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. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.14%, a -0.56% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BAthat day-0.50%final price
BAthe next day-2.05%final price
BAtwo days later-3.08%final price
BAthree days later-0.90%final price
BAthree days earlier-1.13%final price
BAfive days earlier+1.20%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)that day+0.37%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)the next day+0.35%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)two days later-0.23%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)three days later-0.11%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)three days earlier+0.60%final price
Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA)five days earlier+0.44%final price
GDthat day+1.14%final price
GDthe next day+0.35%final price
GDtwo days later+0.99%final price
GDthree days later+1.70%final price
GDthree days earlier-1.46%final price
GDfive days earlier+0.12%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)that day+0.94%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)the next day+1.91%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)two days later+1.44%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)three days later+1.39%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)three days earlier-1.22%final price
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG)five days earlier-1.75%final price
HIIthat day-0.20%final price
HIIthe next day-2.61%final price
HIItwo days later-0.05%final price
HIIthree days later+1.02%final price
HIIthree days earlier-1.48%final price
HIIfive days earlier+0.73%final price
UGA
SPY
XLI

Middle East, seven days against thirty

Middle East has 0 linked stories in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data.”

Who collects and who pays in defense

Companies mentioned with this story

  • UGA United States Gasoline Fund

    In “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) 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

  • GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust

    For “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) 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

  • DBA Invesco Db Agriculture Fund

    For “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” Invesco Db Agriculture Fund (DBA) 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

  • MOO Vaneck Etf Trust

    Vaneck Etf Trust (MOO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data.” 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

    In “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” Spdr Series Trust (XME) 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

  • XLY Select Sector Spdr Tr

    For “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” 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 “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data.” Reason on file: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations

  • HYG Ishares Tr

    For “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data,” 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

What Middle East means for United States Gasoline Fund (UGA)

On 12 Oct 2026, “Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data” is the story that connects United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) to Middle East.

United States Gasoline Fund (UGA) is on the page because Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations

A second company, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG), is listed for a different reason: Higher fuel and transport costs can propagate into commodity inputs, consumer margins, credit conditions, and interest-rate expectations

Dates and 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

“Watch Fears of Wider Middle East War Loom Over Busy Week of Bank Earnings, Inflation Data” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 20 linked companies.