Index company Boeing (NYSE: BA) led all gainers with a climb of 1.66 percent to $141.19 after the Chicago-based airplane maker posted third quarter earnings above Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year guidance.
U.S. stocks tumbled in the afternoon session on declines in the healthcare and technology sectors despite positive earnings reports from blue chips Boeing and its Dow Jones Industrial Average counterpart General Motors, according to Reuters.
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index tracks 30 large, publicly-traded government contracting companies.
Top GovCon Index Gainers
Company | $ Current Price | $ Change | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
Boeing | 141.19 | +2.31 | +1.66% |
Lockheed Martin | 211.56 | +2.83 | +1.36% |
General Dynamics | 143.09 | +1.84 | +1.30% |
L-3 Communications | 111.35 | +0.69 | +0.62% |
Honeywell International | 98.77 | +0.49 | +0.50% |
Market Summary
Advancing Issues | 11 |
Declining Issues | 18 |
Unchanged Issues | 1 |
Index | Value | Net Change | % Change |
---|---|---|---|
GovCon Index | 73.099 | -0.142 | -0.194% |
S&P 500 | 2, 018.94 | -11.83 | -0.58% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average | 17, 168.61 | -48.50 | -0.28% |
NASDAQ | 4, 840.12 | -40.85 | -0.85% |