The GovCon Index started the week with a close in positive territory — a gain of 2.498 points, or 3.361 percent, to end the day at 76.805.
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), the Iowa-based avionics maker, replaced the Exelis as an Index company Monday to maintain the number of listed companies at 30.
U.S. stocks climbed after the latest Institute for Supply Management report on U.S. manufacturing showed an uptick in activity during May and data also showed construction spending rose at a rate that beat many economists’ expectations, according to Bloomberg.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29.69 points to 18, 040.37, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 4.34 points to 2, 111.73 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 12.90 points to 5, 082.93.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Â Cubic Corp | Â Â 48.82 | Â Â 1.02 | Â Â 2.13% |
| Â Â AECOM | Â Â 33.54 | Â Â 0.51 | Â Â 1.54% |
| Â Â Lockheed Martin | Â Â 191.07 | Â Â 2.87 | Â Â 1.52% |
| Â SAIC | Â Â 53.62 | Â Â 0.62 | Â Â 1.17% |
| Â ManTech International | Â Â 25.59 | Â Â 0.24 | Â Â 0.95% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 19 (63.33%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 11 (36.66%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â 0Â (0.00%) |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
