The GovCon Index hit choppy trade in the late afternoon session Wednesday and closed at a narrow loss of 0.094 points to 78.850 as investors examined the Federal Reserve‘s latest policy statement that left current interest rates unchanged. Central bank leaders held the federal funds rate at between one-quarter and one-half percent on conc...
The GovCon Index attempted an afternoon reversal from its morning decline Thursday and closed at a nominal loss of 0.004 points to 80.493 as U.S. investors paused their recent stretch of optimism before the Federal Reserve‘s policy meeting next week and other key events to gauge the global economy. Thursday ends the Index’s str...
The GovCon Index started the month of June with a gain of 0.507 points to 78.613 Wednesday as U.S. investors digested several reports to gauge the country’s economy ahead of Friday’s jobs report and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s Monday speech. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) added $1.85 — or 0.78 p...
The GovCon Index posted a decline of 0.398 points to 78.106 Tuesday on losses by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other large defense prime contractors but ended at a gain for May to record its fourth straight month of positive movement. The Index rose 2.523 percent for May and has climbed 7.763 percent for 2016 compared to the...
The GovCon Index closed down slightly 0.078 points to 78.195 with armored truck manufacturer Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) posting the largest percentage loses. CSRA conducted their fourth-quarter and full-year earnings call yesterday after the market close and posted mixed results, as reported in GovCon Wire. U...
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 rallied 1.197 percent to 78.192 on gains led by the GCI’s services-focused contractors and defense prime Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) on news that the U.S. lifted its embargo on weapons sales to Vietnam. Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) added 4.01 percent — or $2.10 &nbs...
Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII) has received a potential $152 million contract for design, research, development and engineering of the U.S. Navy™s future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise. The company will also use a portion of the contract funds to obtain long lead-time materials that will be used to construc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 17, 2016 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has transferred custody of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha to the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday it is set to deliver the last two San Antonio-class vessels to the Navy to...
The GovCon Index posted its second gain of more than a full point in three weeks Monday to close up 1.052 points — or 1.366 percent — to 78.090. Contractor stocks rode the wave of positivity in U.S. markets after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment arm disclosed its now-$1 billion ...
