Here’s why the BAE Systems share price just exploded 17% to an all-time high!
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The BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) share price rocketed 17% higher today (3 March) to reach 1,642p. The whole European defence sector is surging, including Rolls-Royce stock, which rose 6% and neared 800p!
BAE is now up 30% in 2025, ranking it among the FTSE 100‘s best-performing shares year to date. Here’s why it’s flying higher.
Paradigm shift
On 28 February, President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House to discuss a minerals deal and an end to the war with Russia. To say it didn’t go well would be an understatement.
Following this, Trump supporter Elon Musk even publicly expressed support for US withdrawal from NATO. Needless to…
