The GovCon Index fell 1.647 percent to 72.256 on Friday, reflecting declines across major U.S. stock indices amid continued uncertainty about Federal Reserve near-zero interest rates.
CGI Group (NYSE: GIB) led the Index companies in positive territory, up 1.06 percent, followed by Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB), up 0.61 percent, and Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), up 0.44 percent.
The Index ended the week 0.61 percent down from its Sept. 11 close of 72.70 and has declined 6.28 percent from from its Aug. 18 close of 77.098.
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tracks 30 large, publicly-traded government contracting companies.
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | 3 |
Declining Issues | 27 |
Unchanged Issues | 0 |