The GovCon Index bounced back from a two-day stretch of losses Wednesday to record a gain of 1.675 percent — or 0.944 points — and close at 76.252.U.S. stocks rose with banks and financial stocks as among the drivers of Wednesday’s trading activity and investors also cheered news that Greece and its creditors could be near a deal on a bailout, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.33Â percent to 18, 000.40, the S&P 500 composite index climbed 1.20 percent to 2, 105.20Â and the NASDAQ composite index gained 1.25Â percent to 5, 076.69.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â $ Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Â Serco Group | Â Â 2.103 | Â Â 0.173 | Â Â 8.964% |
| Â Booz Allen Hamilton | Â Â 25.74 | Â Â 0.97 | Â Â 3.92% |
| Â Â Textron | Â Â 46.06 | Â Â 1.53 | Â Â 3.44% |
| Â Â Navistar | Â Â 25.48 | Â Â 0.67 | Â Â 2.70% |
| Â CGI Group | Â Â 42.93 | Â Â 1.06 | Â Â 2.53% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 28Â (93.33%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â Â 2Â Â (6.66%) |
| 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.
