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Shares of Leidos Holdings Inc. advanced 6.6% to $195.49 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 6,902.05 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.2% to 48,977.18.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Leidos Holdings Inc. closed 5.0% short of its 52-week high of $205.77, which the company reached on November 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as RTX Corp. rose 0.5% to $188.26, Lockheed Martin Corp. rose 2.9% to $511.57, and Northrop Grumman Corp. rose 4.38% to $611.32.
Trading volume totaled 1.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 801,807.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 05, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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