Closing Bell: Defense Shares Rally, Alphabet Rises, Rio Tinto Slides
On this episode of Stock Movers: Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.- Shares of defense companies like Lockheed Martin (LMT), General Dynamics (GD) and Northrop (NOC) all rose in trading today on news from the White House that President Donald Trump said he wants to increase the country’s military budget by about 50% to $1.5 trillion in 2027. A Goldman Sachs basket of European defense stocks rose as much as 3.8% on…
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