The GovCon Index struggled for direction along with the larger U.S. stock market Friday as the index closed with a nominal loss of 0.170 points to 75.317.
Declines in airline shares and a rise in financial stocks drove trading activity Friday as investors wait to see the customer sentiment and retail sales reports due later this week, according to Bloomberg.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.51 points to 17, 764.04, the S&P 500 composite index closed up 0.87 points to 2, 080.16 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 7.76 points to 5, 013.87.
Top Percentage Gainers
| Â Company | Â $ Stock Price | Â $ Change | Â % Change |
| Â Â Navistar | Â 24.81 | Â 0.73 | Â 3.03% |
| Â Â Orbital ATK | Â Â 24.81 | Â Â 0.73 | Â 2.96% |
| Â Â CGI Group | Â Â 41.87 | Â Â 0.62 | Â Â 1.50% |
| Â ICF International | Â Â 36.12 | Â Â 0.20 | Â Â 0.56% |
| Â Â AECOM | Â Â 33.62 | Â Â 0.17 | Â Â 0.51% |
Market Summary
| Â Advancing Issues | Â Â 13 (43.33%) |
| Â Declining Issues | Â Â 17 (56.66%) |
| Â Unchanged Issues | Â Â 0 |
Executive Mosaic‘s GovCon Index is a composite index that tracks 30 of the largest publicly-traded Government Contracting (GovCon) firms.
