The GovCon Index ended the trading week with a gain of 0.165Â points — or 0.233Â percent — to close at 70.379 on Friday.
Investment activity continued to reflect traders’ attitudes toward how major central banks could raise interest rates as the Federal Reserve said this week such an increase will likely not happen soon, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 26.65 points – or 0.15 percent – to 17, 804.80, the S&P 500 index rose 9.42 points – or 0.46 percent — to 2, 070.65 and the NASDAQ composite index increased 16.98 points, or 0.36 percent, to 4, 765.38.
Top Percentage Gainers
Company | Stock Price | $ Change | % Change |
 CGI Group |  38.09 |  0.91 |  2.45% |
 Booz Allen Hamilton |  26.065 |  0.615 |  2.42% |
 Navistar |  32.87 |  0.66 |  2.05% |
 Harris Corp. |  72.85 |  1.36 |  1.90% |
 Textron |  42.71 |  0.72 |  1.71% |
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | Â 16 (53.33%) |
Declining Issues | Â 14Â (46.66%) |
Unchanged Issues | Â 0 Â (0.00%) |
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.