By Frank Prenesti
Date: Thursday 08 Jan 2026
(Sharecast News) - Defence stocks were on the rise on Thursday as US President Donald Trump said he wanted to ramp up military spending by 50% to $1.5tn by 2027 and took aim at the salary levels of industry bosses.
| Currency | US Dollars |
| Share Price | $ 224.12 |
| Change Today | $ -5.62 |
| % Change | -2.45 % |
| 52 Week High | $252.15 |
| 52 Week Low | $136.59 |
| Volume | 6,211,644 |
| Shares Issued | 784.70m |
| Market Cap | $175,866m |
| Beta | 0.01 |
| RiskGrade | 190 |
| Strong Buy | 12 |
| Buy | 10 |
| Neutral | 6 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 28 |

| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 16:00 | 720,529 @ $224.12 |
| 15:59 | 111 @ $224.04 |
| 15:59 | 4,915 @ $224.12 |
| 15:59 | 229 @ $224.12 |
| 15:59 | 100 @ $224.11 |
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