Boeing

Boeing (NYSE:BA - News) booked 19 new orders for its 777 and said it needs to build its commercial planes faster to keep up with rising demand. The company said unidentified customers ordered 7 more of its long-range, wide-body 777s, and it now has a backlog of 293 of them and more than 3,400 civilian planes overall. Shares rose 2.5% to 58.85.