Author: Ross Wilkers|| Date Published: March 3, 2016
The GovCon Index held steady in positive territory throughout the trading session Thursday to close at a gain of 0.487 points to 73.711 as U.S. markets anticipated Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department.
Investors also looked at data that showed weekly jobless claims at 278, 000 and factory orders climbed 1.6 percent in January with durable good orders that month revised to 4.7-percent growth from the prior 4.9-percent reading, CNBC reported.
Crude oil futures in New York settled down a nominal 9 cents to $34.57 a barrel, but energy shares in the S&P 500 composite index climbed during afternoon trade, according to CNBC.
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 Defense Health Agency awarded a combined $8.07 billion in contracts to Humana Government Business, Evernorth Federal Services and Ipsos Public Affairs…
The GovCon Index held steady in positive territory throughout the trading session Thursday to close at a gain of 0.487 points to 73.711 as U.S. markets anticipated Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department.
