Author: Ross Wilkers|| Date Published: May 23, 2016
The GovCon Index consistently traded lower for the entirety of Monday trade and closed at a decline of 0.509 points to 77.267 with U.S. financial markets choppy in light of a sharp gain by Apple and speculation among investors about potential interest rate hikes this year.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) nudged out a gain of 24 cents andCAE (NYSE: CAE) added 8 cents to represent the GCI’s lone two stocks in positive territory at the close.
Non-Index company KBR closed down 6 cents to $14.21 after the global engineering and construction company announced its $570 million acquisition of government services contractor Wyle Laboratories to expand federal contract work in domestic locations.
Apple closed up 1.27 percent upon news that the company asked suppliers to build more units of the future iPhone 7 than industry expected, according to Reuters.
U.S. investors reacted to remarks from the San Francisco and St. Louis Fed presidents that indicated a willingness by the central bank to move on a rate increase in June ahead of Chair Janet Yellen’s scheduled remarks Friday, Reuters reported.
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 consistently traded lower for the entirety of Monday trade and closed at a decline of 0.509 points to 77.267 with U.S. financial markets choppy in light of a sharp gain by Apple and speculation among investors about potential interest rate hikes this year.
