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Europe midday: Stoxx goes red; Defence stocks gain on Trump defence remarks

By Frank Prenesti

Date: Thursday 08 Jan 2026

(Sharecast News) - European shares slipped further into the red on Thursday following a weaker session on Wall Street, although defence stocks rallied on geopolitical tensions as US President Donald Trump said he wanted to ramp up military spending and talked up an increasingly expansionist agenda.


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