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The GovCon Index recovered from early losses Friday after the release of September’s jobs report to record a gain of 0.689 points and close at 70.664. U.S. stock markets turned sharply negative after the open and remained down for the morning session, then rode a spike in crude oil prices to gains, the Wall Street Journal...
The GovCon Index kicked off the fourth quarter of calendar year 2015 Thursday with a decline of 0.207 points to 69.975 as U.S. stocks also recorded slight losses ahead of Friday’s jobs report. The Index and three major U.S. stock indices opened in positive territory,  sharply turned negative in the late morn...
The GovCon Index climbed out of correction territory Wednesday with a rise of 1.566 percent to 70.181 that concludes the Index’s second-worst month since its October 2014 inception. The Index declined 2.64 percent from its Aug. 31 close of 72.091 and fell 5.14 percent for ...
The GovCon Index declined 1.372 percent to 70.966 Friday as U.S. markets also fell on continued uncertainty by investors on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting Sept. 16 and 17. Health Net at 0.33 percent up (NYSE: HNT) was the only Index company to close at a gain as the other...
The GovCon Index closed at a gain of 0.156 points to 71.953 Thursday as U.S. markets also ended the session in narrow range ahead of Friday’s employment report for August. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal expect the Labor Department to report nonfarm businesses added 220, 000 jobs in November and theÂ&...
The GovCon Index failed to hold its gains from the week’s worth of trading as it closed Friday with a loss of 0.258 points to 76.239. Engility Corp. (NYSE: EGL) shares skyrocketed 37.92 percent to 30.44 Friday after the government services contractor reported second quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Stree...
The GovCon Index recovered an entire week’s worth of losses Friday with a rally of 1.046 percent to close at 73.943. All major U.S. stock indices recorded gains of at least 1 percent after April’s employment report from the Labor Department showed the country added 223, 000 jobs during the month, which...
The GovCon Index rose 0.604 percent Monday to close at 69.261 on a day that saw low-trading activity by U.S. investors and many other markets worldwide closed for Easter Monday. U.S. traders had an extra day to consider the Labor Department‘s March payrolls report since markets were c...
The GovCon Index closed on a nominal rise Thursday — up 0.062 points to 68.857 — and recorded an even 15-15 split between risers and fallers. The final trading day of the week saw news of a possible nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers weigh on investors, who largely want t...
The GovCon Index  closed in positive territory Thursday for the first time in three days with a nominal gain of 0.280 points to 68.467. News that Saudi Arabia and its Middle East allies started a military operation in Yemen helped drive crude oil futures up 4 percent to $51.43 per barrel, CNBC reported...
