The GovCon Index declined for the second consecutive day Wednesday to record a loss of 0.155 points and close at 73.147.Health Net (NYSE: HNT) led gainers in the Index at 1.81 percent after the company reported a 28-percent revenue increase year-over-year for its fiscal year 2015 first quarter.
U.S. stocks fell after an ADPÂ estimate of U.S. employment figures showed businesses created 169, 000 jobs in April, a figure CNBC reports is below analyst forecasts of a 200, 000 figure.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 86.22 points to 17, 841.98, the S&P 500 composite index slipped 9.31 points to 2, 080.15 and the NASDAQ composite index declined 19.68 points to 4, 919.64.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Health Net | Â Â 55.25 | Â Â 0.98 | Â Â 1.81% |
| Â Â ICF International | Â Â 37.81 | Â Â 0.53 | Â Â 1.42% |
| Â Â Engility Holdings | Â Â 26.72 | Â Â 0.14 | Â 0.53% |
| Â Â ManTech International | Â Â 28.88 | Â Â 0.14 | Â Â 0.49% |
| Â Â Textron | Â Â 44.61 | Â Â 0.21 | Â Â 0.47% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 11 (36.66%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 19 (63.33%) |
| 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.
