Defense and energy stocks were higher Friday, with Tomahawk missile-maker Raytheon Corp. a key gainer, after U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian air base overnight.

However, stocks failed to hold their premarket gains, after the U.S. government said the economy added 98,000 jobs in March, well below expectations for 185,000 jobs.

Earlier, the Syrian news sent oil prices to $52.80 a barrel, up some 2% in the Globex electronic session, while June Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose 1.9% to $55.94. Prices often gain when tensions rise in the Middle East, where almost 40% of the world’s crude oil is produced.

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Raytheon US:RTN, the maker of the Tomahawk missiles that were used in the attack, was last up 0.8%, after jumping more than 3% in the premarket to lead S&P 500 gainers. Another defense stock, Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT, +0.77% rose 0.9%. L3 Technologies Inc. LLL, -0.41% gained 1.4% and Harris Corp. US:HRS was up 0.9%. General Dynamics Corp. was up 0.8% and Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC, +1.61% was up 0.7%.

Among oil stocks, Sempra Energy was up 1% and DTE Energy was up 0.5%.

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Nearly 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched against a Syrian air base at dawn local time Friday by the U.S. Navy on President Donald Trump’s orders. Al Masdar News, which backs the Syrian government, said the attacks caused heavy damage to the Shayrat air base and multiple casualties.

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Trump said the U.S. military operation was a response to a “barbaric” chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this week that killed civilians. Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump said the missile strike was of “vital national security interest” to the U.S.