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The GovCon Index held onto gains incurred in the early afternoon part of Friday’s trading session to close at a gain of 0.434 points to 72.702. Friday was a light-volume day for U.S. markets as all three major indices recorded modest gains and investors continued to anticipate the Federal Reserve...
The GovCon Index rebounded from two days of declines with a gain of 2.374 percent to close at 71.791 Wednesday as U.S. markets also tried to recover ground from prior losses. The Index remains 7.02 percent below its three-month high of 77.214 from Aug. 17 and is 1.62 percent down from its Aug. 28 close...
The GovCon Index‘s streak of declines extended to a sixth consecutive day Tuesday with a gain of 1.297 percent to 69.628 as U.S. stocks also plummeted late in the trading session. GovCon Index and GovCon Wire parent company Executive Mosaic has determined the Index to officially be nearÂ&nb...
The GovCon Index deepened its current streak of losses into a third consecutive day with a decline of 2.156 percent to close at 75.104. Three Index stocks out of 30 closed in positive territory: Maximus (NYSE: MMS), ICF International and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH). Concerns over global growth amid China’s yuan&Acir...
Maximus‘ (NYSE: MMS) board of directors has approved a plan to buy back another $200 million of company stock either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The company said Monday it will acquire the shares on top of $84 million still remaining from an earlier repurchase effort. Richard Montoni, Maximus CEO and...
The GovCon Index recovered some losses sustained during the morning trading session Wednesday but ended at a decline of 0.130 points to 76.354. Gains from energy shares and Apple helped U.S. stocks to reverse declines from the morning session that stemmed from continued investor reaction to China’s currency devaluation in the previ...
Maximus (NYSE: MMS) has reported fiscal year 2015 third quarter earnings of 64 cents per share, a figure in line with Wall Street’s consensus projection. That figure includes costs related to the the Reston, Va.-based public sector health and human services contractor acquisitions of Acentia and Remploy, both of which closed in early April. Wi...
TYSONS CORNER, VA August 3, 2015 — The Maximus (NYSE: MMS) Foundation has made a donation to a memorial fund set up in support of community programs in South Carolina, GovCon Executive reported Friday. According to Maximus, half of the grant to the Lowcountry Ministries – Reverend Pinckney Fund came from employees...
The GovCon Index closed in neutral territory Monday with a nominal gain of 0.040 points to 77.143. Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) stock price jumped nearly 2 percent after the company said it would examine a separation of its information technology and technical services business and its agreement...
The GovCon Index ended at 77.103 on Friday’s close, losing 0.272 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 33.80 points to 18, 806.45, the Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index gained 2.35 points to 2, 126.64 and the NASDAQ composite index&Aci...
