The GovCon Index closed at a coss for a second consecutive day Tuesday as it recorded a decline of 0.318 points to 69.709.A 6-cent increase in crude oil and another increase in the U.S. dollar against other currencies drove U.S. trading activity Tuesday on a day that saw stocks decline, according to CNBC.
Stocks traded up in the morning after the Commerce Department said new home sales increased 7.8 percent in February, CNBC reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 104.96 points to 18, 001.08, the S&P 500 composite index declined 12.91 points to 2, 091.51 and the NASDAQ composite index lost 16.25 points to 4, 994.73.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Textron | Â 45.08 | Â 0.47 | Â 1.05% |
| Â CGI Group | Â 43.78 | Â 0.37 | Â 0.85% |
| Â Â Cubic Corp. | Â 53.43 | Â 0.26 | Â 0.49% |
| Â Lockheed Martin | Â 203.30 | Â 0.38 | Â 0.19% |
| Â Â Navistar | Â 28.49 | Â 0.05 | Â 0.18 |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â Â 9Â (30.00%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 21Â (70.00%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â Â 0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
