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US open: Stocks mixed, but defence sector lifts Dow after Trump comments

By Benjamin Chiou

Date: Thursday 08 Jan 2026

(Sharecast News) - US equity markets opened in mixed fashion on Thursday with defence stocks lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher early on, while the S&P 500 stayed flat and the Nasdaq fell.
Defence stocks were performing well after US president Donald Trump called for his government's defence spending to...

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