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Shares of Leidos Holdings Inc. jumped 10.0% to $130.60 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.8% to 7,736.52 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.7% to 54,085.88.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

Leidos Holdings Inc. closed 36.5% below its 52-week high of $205.77, which the company achieved on November 4th.

The stock outperformed some of its peers, as RTX Corp. rose 0.6% to $217.93, Lockheed Martin Corp. rose 0.5% to $589.33, and Northrop Grumman Corp. rose 0.56% to $551.55.

Trading volume totaled 2.8 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.6 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet