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The GovCon Index kicked off the final month of 2014 with a decline of 0.826 percent – or 0.574 points – to 70.058 on Monday. Lower-than-expected sales over Thanksgiving weekend and a decline in Supply Management’s national factory activity index for October drove stock pri...
The GovCon Index closed Wednesday at 70.507, a 0.35 percent increase from Tuesday, continuing its week of gains for the third day in a row heading into the Thanksgiving break. Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) led Index gainers reporting positive financial results for its fourth quarter and full 2014 fiscal year ended Sept....
The GovCon Index continued its week of gains into a third straight day as it closed at 70.507 — a 0.35 percent increase from Tuesday. Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) was the largest gainer for the Index as the company said in its earnings release it set a new quarterly revenue record. Reuters cited technology stocks as drivers...
The GovCon Index reached a new high to 70.341, up 0.309 percent, while both Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 finished slightly down -0.02 percent and -0.12 percent,  respectively. The energy sector weighted on the board with oil prices hitting a four-year low. Top Percenta...
The GovCon Index kicked off the week of Thanksgiving with a Monday close of 70.122 — up 0.74 percent from Friday’s trading day. According to Bloomberg, investors reacted with confidence to data that signals growth in the U.S. services sectors and consumer confidence, as well as the Chinese central bank...
The GovCon Index ended Friday with a gain of 0.687 percent ahead of the Thanksgiving week to close at 69.600. The Wall Street Journal reported a Dow Jones Industrial Average increase of 0.51 percent to close at 17, 810.06, a S&P 500 composite index’s gain of 0.52 percent to 2, 063.50 and a NA...
The GovCon Index ended the last full trading week before this year’s Thanksgiving holiday with a modest gain of 0.687 percent Friday to close at 69.600. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. stocks made gains that reflected how investors reacted to comments from the European Central Bank’s chief that its stimulus program...
The GovCon Index recorded a nominal increase Thursday to close at 69.118 — 0.005 percent up from Wednesday. Bloomberg reported that energy and small-cap shares drove gains across the U.S. stock market Tuesday, increases that offset investors’ worries over...
The GovCon Index remained flat from Tuesday’s closing figure as the index declined 0.341 percent to close at 69.115. Stocks held relatively level after the release of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting minutes that indicated the central bank wants to keep interest rates low and that the Fed is still concerned ov...
The GovCon Index rose 0.9 percent during Tuesday’s trading day to close at 69.350. ATK (NYSE: ATK) and Orbital Sciences (NYSE: ORB) recorded the largest increases among listed companies as both firms said Tuesday they will continue to pursue the two-part transaction that sees ATK’s sporting group becom...
