Bloomberg cited corporate deals and a positive earnings report from Walmart as among the factors that offset downturns in energy stocks and small caps across the stock market.
The S&P 500 closed one point shy of an all-time record at 2, 039.29, an increase of 0.1 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at 17, 652.21, an increase of 0.2 percent.
The NASDAQ composite index rose 0.11 percent to 4, 680.14
Top Percentage Gainers
Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
Orbital | $26.35 | $0.79 | 3.09% |
Healthnet | $50.93 | $1.48 | 2.99% |
L-3 Communications Corp. | $119.73 | $3.11 | 2.67% |
Boeing | $128.53 | $2.66 | 2.11% |
CGI Group | $35.59 | $0.73 | 2.09% |
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | 18Â (60.00%) |
Declining Issues | 12(40.00%) |
Unchanged Issues | 0Â (6.67%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.