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.
Amentum Mitie Pacific has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a potential value of $656.4 million to provide base operating support…
CACI International has secured a potential five-year, $416 million SeaPort-Next Generation task order to sustain and modernize information technology systems…
Cherry Bekaert has acquired accounting and advisory firm Tarsus to expand outsourced accounting, real-time financial reporting and strategic chief financial…
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a U.S. Navy contract worth $988 million to modernize and integrate command, control, communications,…
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.
