Shares of Boeing Co.
BA,
+3.51%
rallied 3.3% to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s
DJIA,
+0.22%
premarket gainers on Monday, after the aerospace giant reported a number of orders for its planes from the 2021 Dubai Airshow. The company said it signed a firm order with Icelease for 11 of its 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF), as the launch customer for one of the three added conversions lines for the freighters. The company also said logistics company DHL Express has placed a firm order for nine more 767-300BCF and Emirates announced an order for two 777 Freighters. Boeing’s implied price gain ahead of the open would add about 48 points to the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s
DJIA,
+0.22%
price, while Dow futures
YM00,
+0.21%
rose 109 points, or 0.3%.