Defense stocks rally after US military intervention in Venezuela

Shares of defense companies surge after U.S. military strikes on Venezuela late last week; U.S. captures President Nicolas Maduro

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened another strike against the country along with Colombia and Mexico and has said Cuba's communist government "looks like it's ready to fall"

Lockheed Martin LMT.N, Northrop Grumman NOC.N and L3Harris LHX.N up about 2% each

Shares of Aerovironment AVAV.O jump 9%, Kratos Defense KTOS.O up 7.5%

S&P 500 aerospace & defense sub index .SPLRCAERO hits record high, last up 2%

NYSE's Arca Defense index .DFII up 3%, hit highest level since early October

Defense shares have rallied on Europe's STOXX 600 .STOXX and UK's FTSE 100 .FTSE indexes earlier in the day