El sector de defensa de Estados Unidos cae debido a informes sobre acuerdo de alto el fuego y recortes en el presupuesto

Investing.com - During pre-market trading on Wednesday, multiple U.S. defense stocks fell. Earlier, the United States and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement, and reports also indicated that the Pentagon’s request for war funding would be cut significantly.

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Citing reports from The Washington Post, quoting U.S. officials and other sources, it is expected that the government will significantly reduce its plans to seek additional war funding, with the total possibly falling to between 80 billion and 100 billion USD.

This figure is less than half of the more than 200 billion USD initially proposed by the Pentagon to the White House last month.

As of 07:40 a.m. Eastern Time, the shares of major U.S. defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were down 1.3% and 1%, respectively. L3Harris Technologies’ stock price also edged lower.

Late Tuesday evening, President Trump announced that he had agreed to pause planned attacks on Iran’s infrastructure for two weeks, on the condition that Iran immediately reopens the Strait of Hormuz.

The announcement came less than two hours before the deadline Trump set for himself, marking a sharp shift from his earlier stance that he would destroy “the entire civilization” if Tehran did not reopen the strait. The Strait of Hormuz carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil trade.

After issuing a series of threats in recent weeks, Trump later walked back his position. He said progress in negotiations led him to agree to the pause. Iran put forward a 10-point proposal, which he called a “practical basis” for negotiations, and he expected an agreement to be finalized within two weeks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi, speaking on behalf of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, said that Iran’s armed forces would “stop its defensive actions.”

The easing of the situation led to crude oil prices falling by nearly 14% and sparked a broad market rebound, with Wall Street futures rising more than 2% and stock indexes in Asia and Europe also climbing.

In addition to defense stocks, U.S. energy stocks also declined as oil prices fell.

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