Shares in Raytheon, the maker of Tomahawk cruise missiles, rose on Wall Street on Friday, after US President Donald Trump overnight ordered the firing of 59 of the missiles at a military target in Syria.

In early morning trading in New York, stocks in the company added just over 1 per cent.

Broader equity markets were little changed.

Raytheon’s missile systems unit is its biggest business and it accounted for 29.4 per cent of its 2016 revenue, according to Reuters.

After the attack overnight, oil prices surged to a one-month high, before easing off with analysts saying that the attack had not disrupted supplies.