The GovCon Index closed Tuesday at 68.521, slightly up 0.082 or 0.120 percent. U.S. stocks ended mixed on the back of anxious investors over the congressional elections and an oil price drop, CNBC reported Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 17.60 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17, 383.84, while the Standard & Poors 500...

The GovCon Index closed Monday at 68.439, slightly up 0.022 or 0.032 percent. U.S. indexes hit intraday highs before ending lower ahead of the Tuesday midterm elections, Market Watch reported Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 17, 366.24, down 24.28 points or 0.1 percent, while the Standard & Poors 500 benchmark index ended...

The GovCon Index closed Friday at 68.417, up 0.714 or 1.033 percent. Market indicators ended the month of October on a high Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding 195.10 points (1.1 percent) to end at 17, 390.52, according to a Market Watch report. Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 23.40 points, or 1.2 percent,...

The GovCon Index closed Thursday at 67.703, up 0.726 or 1.061 percent. Wall Street saw gains over news of a positive economic outlook, USA Today reported, with the Dow Jones adding 221.11 points to 17, 195.42 (1.3%), the Standard & Poor’s 500 rising 12.35 points to 1, 994.65 (0.6%) and Nasdaq rounding up 16.91 points...

The GovCon Index closed Wednesday at 66.977, down 0.297 or 0.445 percent. The Federal Reserve has ended a bond-buying program it had imposed to stimulate the economy, an announcement Reuters said Wednesday sent indicators to finish on a low. The Dow Jones fell 31.44 points, or 0.18 percent, to 16, 974....

The GovCon Index closed Tuesday at 67.274, up 1.081 or 1.581 percent. Positive earnings pulled up U.S. markets with the Dow Jones industrial average closing 17, 005.75 points, up 187.81 (1.1%), and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index at 1985.05, up 23.42 points (1.2%), USA Today reported Tuesday.   Top Percentage Gainers Compa...

The GovCon Index closed Friday reaching a monthly high at 65.994, up 0.260 or 0.393 percent after a week of strong third quarter corporate earnings.   Top Percentage Gainers Company Stock Price % Change AECOM Technology 32.60 1.97% General Dynamics 132.50 1.66% Maximus 43.54 1.61% Textron 38.76 1.57% Booz Allen Hamilton 25.72 1.54% Market Summa...

The GovCon Index closed up at 65.734 on Thursday, a change of 1.150 point or 1.719 percent from the previous day.       Top Percentage Gainers Company Stock Price % Change Navistar 34.70 4.96% Textron 38.16 4.26% Northrop Grumman 129.20 3.27% General Dynamics 130.34 3.19% Honeywell 93.58 2.65% Lockheed Martin 180.67 2.65% Market Summa...

The 30-company GovCon Index closed at 64.584 on Wednesday, down by 0.270 point or 0.419 percent from the previous day. The Standard & Poors 500 index dropped 0.7 percent to 1927 points, the Nasdaq composite index registered an 0.8 percent fall to 4383 and the Dow...

Gains all around reflected a GovCon Index close of 64.854 on Tuesday, up by 1.010 points or 1.533 percent from the previous day. Strong quarterly earnings from technology companies, coupled with the European Central Bank looking to buy corporate bonds as an option, boosted the Standard & Poor’s 500 by 1.96 percent and helped the...