Author: Ross Wilkers|| Date Published: January 4, 2016
The GovCon Index started 2016 with a steep decline of 1.712 percent to 75.764 Monday as U.S. stocks mirrored large losses in global financial markets over growth concerns.
Armored truck maker Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) held against market forces with a gain of 8.94 percent to lead all GovCon Index gainers, and four other listed stocks also closed in green.
According to CNBC, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at a decline of 2.5 percent to put it on pace for its largest percentage decline on a year’s first trading day since 1932.
The S&P 500, of which 11 GovCon Index stocks belong to, had posted a 2.5-percent loss as well in morning trade to go below 2, 000 for the first time since mid-December.
U.S. investors reacted to a plunge in Chinese stocks over a report that showed economic contraction there and renewed tensions between Saudi Arabia and China.
The Space Development Agency has awarded $3.5 billion in other transaction authority agreements to Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman…
The Defense Health Agency has awarded TriWest Healthcare Alliance $6.8 billion to continue providing healthcare and administrative services in support…
HawkEye 360, provider of space-based signals intelligence, has acquired Innovative Signal Analysis, a Dallas, Texas-based company manufacturing high-performance signal-processing technologies.…
The GovCon Index started 2016 with a steep decline of 1.712 percent to 75.764 Monday as U.S. stocks mirrored large losses in global financial markets over growth concerns.
