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  • Friday, April 26, 2024

July 5 Morning Report: GovCon Index Continues Post-Brexit Recovery


GovConIndexUPExecutive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed Friday with a gain of 0.178 points to 79.718 and recorded a weekly climb of 3.216 percent as it continues to recover from the previous week’s losses following the “Brexit” referendum vote in the U.K.

Friday was also the second consecutive session in which Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT),  Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) reached 52-week highs in intraday trade.

Top GovCon Index Net Gainers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change ▴% Change
GDGeneral Dynamics*141.342.101.51%
MCKMcKesson Corp.*188.101.450.78%
LMTLockheed Martin*249.351.180.48%
EGLEngility Holdings22.090.974.59%
LDOSLeidos Holdings48.690.821.71%

Top GovCon Index Percentage Gainers

SymbolCompany$ Current PriceNet Change% Change ▴
EGLEngility Holdings22.090.974.59%
NAVNavistar International12.120.433.68%
VECVectrus29.200.712.49%
LDOSLeidos Holdings48.690.821.71%
CAECAE12.290.201.65%

*Also listed in the S&P 500 composite index

Market Summary

Advancing GovCon Index Issues16
Declining GovCon Index Issues13
Unchanged GovCon Index Issues1
IndexValueNet Change% Change
GovCon Index79.718+0.178+0.223%
S&P 5002, 102.95+4.09+0.19%
Dow Jones Industrial Average17, 949.37+19.38+0.11%
NASDAQ4, 862.57+19.90+0.41%

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