The GovCon Index ended the week with a gain of 0.173 points to close at 69.436.U.S. markets traded in positive territory after General Electric (NYSE: GE) said it would exit most of its lending business and announced it would repurchase up to $50 bilion of its stock, Bloomberg reported.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 98.92 points to 18, 057.65, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 10.88 points to 2, 102.06 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 21.41 points to 4, 995.98.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Computer Sciences Corp. | Â Â 65.85 | Â Â 1.36 | Â Â 2.11% |
| Â Maximus | Â Â 68.15 | Â Â 0.90 | Â Â 1.34% |
| Â Huntington Ingalls | Â Â 142.00 | Â Â 1.66 | Â Â 1.34% |
| Â AECOM Technology | Â Â 32.63 | Â Â 0.34 | Â Â 1.34% |
| Â ICF International | Â Â 41.00 | Â Â 0.39 | Â Â 1.05% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 21 (70.00%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â Â 9 (30.00%) |
| 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.
