March 28 Market Close: GovCon Index Shows Modest Rise on CAE’s 1st GCI-Listed...
The GovCon Index entered the final week of trade for the first quarter with a modest gain of 0.175 points to 72.953 in choppy trade for U.S. markets as stocks struggled to gain clear direction. Monday...
View ArticleApril 4 Market Close: GovCon Index Declines as US Market Rally Pauses
The GovCon Index started the first full week of April and second-quarter trade Monday with a decline of 0.191 points to 74.189 in a session that saw U.S. stocks hold slightly negative throughout the...
View ArticleApril 7 Market Close: GovCon Index Sinks 1% as Investors Worry Over Central...
The GovCon Index suffered its largest percentage drop in two months Thursday at 0.987 percent — or -0.738 points — to 74.031 with satellite services provider Intelsat (NYSE: I) and rocket maker Orbital...
View ArticleApril 12 Market Close: GovCon Index Lifts on HII Upgrade, US Markets Up on...
The GovCon Index staged a full reversal from an early morning dip into negative territory Tuesday to close at a gain of 0.482 points to 74.487 as energy shares helped spur U.S. markets into positive....
View ArticleApril 13 Market Close: GovCon Index Hits 75 for First Time in 2016 on 1% Surge
The GovCon Index rode across-the-board positive activity in U.S. markets Wednesday with a gain of 1.224 percent to 75.399, which represents the GCI’s first close above 75 points this year so far under...
View ArticleApril 15 Market Close: GovCon Index Holds Up as Energy, Tech Declines Drag US...
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...
View ArticleApril 18 Morning Report: GovCon Index Caps Positive Week Amid Energy Shares...
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...
View ArticleApril 19 Market Close: GovCon Index Wavers to Positive Close in Choppy US...
The GovCon Index held onto a positive close for the third consecutive session Tuesday at 0.148 points to 76.362 after a descent from a strong open to negative territory in early afternoon trade before...
View ArticleApril 20 Market Close: Boeing Downgrade Nudges GovCon Index Down Despite...
The GovCon Index ended its three-day gain streak Wednesday with a nominal loss of 0.008 points to 76.354 as a downgrade on Boeing‘s stock (NYSE: BA) and its subsequent decline offset gains from a...
View ArticleApril 22 Market Close: GovCon Index Holds Positive Against Volatile Markets...
The GovCon Index held against choppy trading activity in U.S. markets during the afternoon session Friday to close at a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 and notch its second consecutive week in the...
View ArticleApril 25 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Positive Week Ahead of 1Q...
The GovCon Index ended the Friday trading session with a gain of 0.387 points to 76.369 to close its second consecutive week in positive territory. Eleven GCI-listed companies, including the five...
View ArticleApril 25 Market Close: GovCon Index, US Stocks Weighed By Oil Declines &...
The GovCon Index followed the larger market forces of oil declines and concerns over corporate earnings reports Monday with a decline of 0.401 points to 75.968 on the first day of April 2016’s last...
View ArticleApril 26 Market Close: GovCon Index Soars 1% on Lockheed Forecast Lift &...
The GovCon Index outpaced narrow activity in U.S. financial markets Tuesday with a sharp gain of 1.258 percent to 76.924 Tuesday on Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) lift of its full-year earnings and...
View ArticleApril 28 Market Close: GovCon Index Reverses Course, Plunges 1% on CACI...
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...
View ArticleApril 29 Market Close: GovCon Index Free Fall Deepens to Post Weekly Decline,...
The GovCon Index deepened its slide Friday with a loss of 0.481 points to 76.361 that puts the GCI at a weekly decline but a sharp gain for the month of April as earnings reports for large government...
View ArticleMay 2 Morning Report: GovCon Index Posts Weekly Decline, Sharp Gain for April
The GovCon Index posted a loss of 0.481 points to 76.361 Friday and closed the week with a decline amid the release of first-quarter earnings reports from large U.S. government contractors throughout...
View ArticleMay 2 Market Close: GovCon Index Up on L-3 Upgrade as Defense Primes Follow
The GovCon Index started the first week of May with a gain of 0.493 points to 76.854 in an attempt at a recovery from two days of sharp losses incurred Thursday and Friday for the final days of April...
View ArticleMay 10 Market Close: GCI Soars 1% as Lockheed, Northrop, HII Hit All-Time...
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...
View ArticleInmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Commercial Integration Cell Continues Work...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2016 — Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for U.S. government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Commercial Integration Cell works to drive reform in the...
View ArticleMay 23 Morning Report: GovCon Index, Major Markets Post Gains
The GovCon Index closed the week up 0.705 points to 77.776 to mirror major market indexes’ gains as fears of a June interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve subsided. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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