The GovCon Index closed up 0.309 points to 78.504 with CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) rebounding from the previous two days loses to close at 24.88 up 2.94 per cent. Both WTI and Brent crude oil futures slipped for the second. Top GovCon Index Net Gainers Symbol Company $ Current Price Net Change –´ % Change CACI CACI Intern....
The GovCon Index nudged out a gain of 0.081 points to 78.273 Wednesday on contributions from Boeing (NYSE: BA) and armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV). Boeing surged 1.07 percent and Navistar rose 9.09 percent, while shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) rebounded by one-ha...
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 and CAE...
The GovCon Index felt the pressure from U.S. investor worries about a potential interest rate hike in June and closed at a decline of 0.520 points to 77.071. CAE (NYSE: CAE) was one of the GovCon Index’s lone bright spots with a gain of 2.65 percent after the Montreal-based aerospace and defense contractor posted full-year and f...
The GovCon Index received a boost from large defense primes on a rebound in commodity prices Tuesday to close at a surge of 1.245 percent to a new three-month high of 78.322, which also extends the GCI’s current streak of gains to four sessions. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Huntin...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.634-point increase to 7.206 amid buying activity in U.S. financial markets. The GCI also posted a weekly gain of 0.845 points as earnings reports from contractors over the past week — including Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), Engility Holdings (NYS...
The GovCon Index rode the wave of buying activity in U.S. financial markets Friday and closed up 0.634 points to 7.206, which put the GCI at a weekly gain of 0.845 points to start May after a series of earnings reports from contractors that exceeded analyst expectations. Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: ...
The GovCon Index had all of its Wednesday gains wiped out in Thursday trade with a sharp decline of 1.482 percent to 76.842 after a third-quarter revenue miss and guidance cut from government services contractor CACI International (NYSE: CACI). Arlington, Virginia-based CACI brought down the high ends of both its full-year earnings and revenue ...
The GovCon Index closed Friday with a 0.386-point increase to 75.69, capping GCI’s third week in positive territory over the past four weeks. Energy shares saw a decline of at least 1 percent ahead of a meeting between the world’s largest oil producers Sunday to discuss measures to address a potent...
The GovCon Index held against larger trends in U.S. financial markets Friday with a gain of 0.386 points to 75.692 as declines by energy and technology shares weighed on the bellwether S&P 500 composite index. Nine of the GCI’s 11 S&P 500-listed companies posted gains with McKesson (NYSE: MCK) as that group’s largest po...
