The GovCon Index started the last full week before the Christmas and New Year holidays with a slight decline of 0.299 points — or 0.444 percent — to close at 67.649 on Monday.Oil prices continued to garner much of the attention from investors and the price-per-barrel of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange set a new five-year low,  according to CNBC.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 99.99 points to 17, 180.84, the S&P 500 composite index lost 12.70 points to close at 1, 989.63 and the NASDAQ composite index declined 48.44 points — or 1.04 percent — to close at 4, 605.16.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
| Â Boeing | Â 122.08 | Â 1.31 | Â 1.08% |
| Â Computer Sciences Corp. | Â 61.93 | Â 0.61 | Â 0.99% |
| Â Textron | Â 39.67 | Â 0.34 | Â 0.86% |
| Â ICF International | Â 39.22 | Â 0.28 | Â 0.72% |
| Â McKesson | Â 206.40 | Â 1.07 | Â 0.52% |
Market Summary
| Advancing Issues | 8Â (26.66%) |
| Declining Issues | 22Â (73.33%) |
| Unchanged Issues | 0Â (0.00%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
