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June 30 Market Close: GovCon Index Down, US Stocks Crawl Up Ahead of Eurozone Meeting


GovConIndexDOWNThe GovCon Index closed Tuesday’s trading session in negative territory for the sixth consecutive day with a loss of 0.081 points to end at 74.232.

U.S. stocks also crawled back into positive territory during the afternoon as investors continued to watch the Greece debt negotiations ahead of a scheduled Wednesday meeting of Eurozone finance leaders, according to CNBC.

Investors also have their eye on the nonfarm payrolls report, which will come out Thursday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 23.03 points to 17, 619.38, the S&P 500 composite index closed up 5.46 points to end at 2, 063.10 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 28.40 points to 4, 986.87.

Top Percentage Gainers

  Company   $ Stock Price   $ Change   % Change
  Navistar International   22.63   0.48   2.17%
  Health Net   64.12   0.32   0.50%
  General Dynamics   141.69   0.54   0.38%
  AECOM   33.08   0.11   0.33%
  ICF International   34.86   0.09   0.26%

Market Summary

  Advancing Issues    12 (40.00%)
  Declining Issues    18 (60.00%)
  Unchanged Issues     0

Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.

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