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September 14 Morning Report: GovCon Index Opens at 72.702 After Friday Gains


GovConIndexUPThe GovCon Index closed at a gain of 0.434 points to 72.702 in Friday trading.

All three major indices in the U.S. recorded modest gains as investors continued to anticipate the Federal Reserve‘s meeting later this week, Bloomberg reported.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index rose 2.1 percent for its best month since July.

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tracks 30 large, publicly-traded government contracting firms.

Top GovCon Index Gainers

Company$ Current Price$ Change% Change
Serco Group plc1.62+0.06+3.85%
BAE Systems28.00+0.68+2.49%
Health Net65.74+1.29+2.00%
Maximus62.26+1.22+2.00%
Northrop Grumman168.52+2.82+1.70%

Market Summary

Advancing Issues24
Declining Issues6
Unchanged Issues0
IndexValueNet Change% Change
GovCon Index72.702+0.434+0.601%
S&P 5001, 961.04+8.74+0.45%
Dow Jones Industrial Average16, 432.89+102.49+0.63%
NASDAQ4, 822.34+26.09+0.54%

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