Author: Ross Wilkers|| Date Published: February 17, 2016
The GovCon Index bounced higher for a third consecutive session Wednesday with a gain of 1.411 percent to 71.348, a close that holds the Index barely in correction territory for a sixth straight day.
The Index is 10.05 percent down from its most recent high of 79.332 on Dec. 1 and has entered correction territory twice this calendar year so far.
Index stock and Farifax, Virginia-based government services contractor ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) was scheduled to release its fourth quarter and full 2015 financial results after markets closed.
U.S. stocks rose as investors gauged the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes that indicated central bank leaders were willing to adjust their interest rate hike schedule for 2016 due to global economic contraction, according to CNBC.
Crude oil futures in New York settled higher at 5.58 percent to $30.66 a barrel after Iran said it would support a production freeze.
Investors also welcomed a report that showed industrial production rose 0.9 percent in January with a 77.1-percent capacity utilization, CNBC reported.
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